Mackenzie Cowell—Fascination with Synthetic Biology

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Channel: Make: · 2012 · Science & Technology

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"In the future there is a really neat opportunity for open source science to be driven by amateurs."
Mackenzie Cowell is one of a group of amateurs exploring the techniques of synthetic biology, which applies the tools, and methodologies of engineering and computer science to the field of biology. He is the co-founder of DIYbio.org.

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