The Victoria Makerspace is a biology community lab, founded by Derek Jacoby and Thomas Gray in 2010, and was one of the first
do-it-yourself biology
Do-it-yourself biology (DIY biology, DIY bio) is a growing biotechnological social movement in which individuals, communities, and small organizations study biology and life science using the same methods as traditional research institutions. D ...
labs, following the establishment of
BioCurious and
Genspace in the US. The lab has taken part in the FBI DIY biology summit in Walnut Creek, California in 2012, the first Canadian DIY Biology Summit in 2016, and the iGEM synthetic biology competition in 2014 with a project on preventing dental decay.
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Further reading
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* {{cite web, last1=Gunn, first1=Dan, title=Victoria Makerspace on the B-Side, url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxFWr7oQuU, access-date=Oct 4, 2017
External links
Official websiteVictoria Makerspace on Hackerspaces.org
Canadian companies established in 2010
Companies based in Victoria, British Columbia
Business incubators of Canada
Technology companies established in 2010