Cory J. Geesaman » Biology http://cory.geesaman.com Personal Blog Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:57:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Open Source Pharmaceuticals http://cory.geesaman.com/2009/03/open-source-pharmaceuticals/ http://cory.geesaman.com/2009/03/open-source-pharmaceuticals/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:34:31 +0000 CoryG http://cory.geesaman.com/?p=102 As reported on http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/03/02/harnessing-the-crowd-to-make-better-drugs-mercks-stephen-friend-nails-down-5m-to-propel-biology-into-open-source-era/ a new non-profit is starting with the aim of creating an open source pharmaceutical research platform.  Their website is located at http://www.sagebase.org/ and is called Sage.  With recent articles about OpenWetWare.org Sage and Ginkgo Bioworks this seems like a new trend that will be mutually benifical to everyone.

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“If you’ve gotten tired of hacking firewalls or cloud computing, maybe it’s time to try your hand with DNA. That’s what Reshma Shetty is doing with her Doctorate in Biological Engineering from MIT. Apart from her crowning achievement of getting bacteria to smell like mint and bananas, she’s also active in the developing field of synthetic biology and has recently helped found a company called Gingko BioWorks which is developing enabling technologies to allow for rapid prototyping of biological systems.”

OpenWetWare.org is a cool site you should check out if you have any interest in biological engineering.

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