DIY Bio
This kit by Josie Zayner enables anyone to complete and test a basic gene edit using the CRISPR system. When working at The ODIN in 2016, I assembled, shipped, and taught the use of these kits in community biolabs—this included setting up our first stocked parts and garage assembly line, as well as editing and formatting the user instructions. It’s an accessible and empowering tool (some say too much so). These were my first professional interactions with design and impactful.
I also conducted early research for a fluorescent brewer’s yeast kit by testing the growth and selection of GFP edited yeast in varied fermentable mediums, such as wert (unfermented beer) mixtures and grape juice (unfermented wine).