Published 9 April 2020

In Tokyo, biohacker Shingo Hisakawa is converting his NinjaPCR open source thermal cycler into a real-time DNA amplifier, which could test for the coronavirus Covid-19.

Published 10 October 2019 by Cherise Fong

As the first Japanese man to be certified in India to practice Ayurveda, Hiroo Komine has more recently expanded his scope of interest to biohacking. Makery met him at Dinacon in Panama.

Published 29 April 2019 by Marie Albert

The new Science Gallery London presents “Spare Parts”, an exhibition about repairing the human body and manipulating living things, through May 12.

Published 9 October 2018 by Erich Berger

From September 16-23, 30 artists, scientists, biohackers and ecologists explored the isolated region around the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in northern Lapland.

Published 20 February 2018 by Ewen Chardronnet

Clash in the DIYbio community around a biotech company that claims to offer DIY vaccine injection kits and other treatments for diseases such as aids or herpes.

Published 21 November 2017 by Cherise Fong

Before the industrial vats, Shojinmeat Project’s first objective is to culture meat cells in home incubators. This Japanese citizen science movement has nothing to do with artificial burgers or vegan activism.

Published 10 October 2017 by Ewen Chardronnet

On September 21-24, the MIT Media Lab hosted the Bio Summit, the largest assembly of biohackers to date. A milestone in the movement of community biology labs.

Published 18 September 2017 by Ewen Chardronnet

The genome revolution has changed our perception of our bodies. Canadian biologist and choreographer François-Joseph Lapointe is exploring this revolution, with an immodest taste for bacterial exchanges.

Published 6 July 2017 by Ewen Chardronnet

The second edition of Border Sessions, the festival at the frontiers of technology, was held in The Hague on June 28-30. In its own friendly way, it pushes us to think “out of the box”.

Published 29 June 2017 by la rédaction

They organized in May a seminar on biohacking in healthcare. Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou and Jérôme Avom explain the potential of open science for developing countries.

Published 4 April 2017 by Ewen Chardronnet

The incredible story of The Odin’s CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing kit, which travels across the Atlantic and sets off the first legal-sanitary counter-attacks.

Published 31 March 2017 by la rédaction

The Gosh community gathered on March 22-25 in Santiago, Chile. Report from Freyja van den Boom, a researcher and supporter of Open Knowledge International.

Published 14 March 2017 by Carine Claude

Biotinkerers, bio-artists and open science communities are miniaturizing their labs in order to bring DIYbio to the masses. Part 2 of our selection of boxes, kits and cases.

Published 21 November 2016 by Ewen Chardronnet

At Rencontres Bandits-Mages in Bourges, France, the Quimera Rosa collective presented “Transplant”, a biohacking art project that injects and tattoos chlorophyll to create human-plants.

Published 2 September 2016 by Ewen Chardronnet

French astrobiologist Cyprien Verseux, 25, spent one year in a simulated habitat on Mars. He talks about his experience rich in Do it Yourself.

Published 2 August 2016 by la rédaction

The Science Underground Academy was held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from July 13-22. Slovene bio-artist and guest mentor of this 2nd edition Robertina Šebjanič reports on this experience for Makery.

Published 26 July 2016 by Ewen Chardronnet

Marc Dusseiller, co-founder of the DIYbio network Hackteria, is a passionate promoter of open hardware. This is all the more evident in part 2 of our interview.

Published 19 July 2016 by Ewen Chardronnet

Marc Dusseiller, cofounder of the international open source network of biohackers and bioartists Hackteria talks about how the DIYbio movement came to Europe.

Published 12 July 2016 by Ewen Chardronnet

Border Sessions was held in The Hague on July 6-7, offering a full schedule of talks and workshops to scratch disruptive technologies, or “fringe tech” pushing the science limits.

Published 14 June 2016 by Ewen Chardronnet

Medialab Prado’s Interactivos?’16 program celebrates a decade of nomadic activities in Madrid, offering an abundant mix of workshops, seminars, demos and a DIY exhibition.