Genspace
Non-profit organization in Brooklyn, NY
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Genspace is a non-profit organization and a community biology laboratory located in Brooklyn, New York. Stemming from the hacking, biohacking, and DIYbio movements, Genspace has focused (since 2009) on supporting citizen science and public access to biotechnology.[2] Genspace opened the first community biology lab in 2010[3] and a Biosafety Level One laboratory in December of that year.[4][5] Since its opening, Genspace has supported projects, events, courses, art, and general community resources concerning biology, biotechnology, synthetic biology, genetic engineering, citizen science, open source software, open source hardware, and more.
- 140 32nd St, Suite 108, Brooklyn, NY 11232
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| Formation | 2009 |
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| Purpose | Biohacking, Hacking |
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| Coordinates | 40.6877089°N 73.9798782°W |
| Services | Biosafety Level One lab, membership access, educational workshops, student programs |
Key people | Ellen Jorgensen,[1] Daniel Grushkin, Oliver Medvedik, Nurit Bar-Shai |
| Website | genspace |
A collaboration between Genspace and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory earned a second place win from the American Society for Microbiology's 2015 AgarArt competition.[6]
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