{"id":20,"date":"2024-11-04T19:39:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T19:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diybio.to\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-10-01T04:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:59:28","slug":"meetups-and-open-houses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/diybio.to\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Meetups and open houses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/promo_diybio-1024x531.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21\" style=\"width:600px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/promo_diybio-1024x531.png 1024w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/promo_diybio-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/promo_diybio-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/promo_diybio-1536x796.png 1536w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/promo_diybio.png 1645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e0b6b4e7785720e3b78827cf91bca285\">Bimonthly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/diybio-toronto\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/diybio-toronto\/\">Meetups<\/a> on Wednesdays at 7:00pm, 1677 St. Clair Avenue West ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>This week&#8217;s Meetup: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/diybio-toronto\/events\/311317472\/?eventOrigin=your_events\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/diybio-toronto\/events\/311317472\/?eventOrigin=your_events\">Wet lab Wednesday Oct.1, 2025, 7pm<\/a>, will be mainly for DIYBIO full members to prepare for classes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/diybio-toronto\/events\/311219999\/?eventOrigin=your_events\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/diybio-toronto\/events\/311219999\/?eventOrigin=your_events\">courses this coming month<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While we do not have a planned talk this week, we welcome anyone to drop by who is interested in finding out about our space or helping out, at 7 pm. Cheers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccd <strong>Where:<\/strong> DIYBIO Toronto, At the Hacklab, 1677 St Clair Avenue West &#8211; get there by streetcar on the 512 just past Caledonia, at the Laughton St stop. Or drive. There are usually spots on neighbouring streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>What we did !<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Last Week&#8217;s Meetup, Wednesday Sept 17th,<\/strong> we had a great discussion of molecular biology, general cloning methods and approaches!!! Thanks to all who attended! For <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/diybio-toronto\/events\/311064098\/?eventOrigin=group_events_list\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/diybio-toronto\/events\/310531811\/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events\">Wet lab Wednesday: preparing for Cloning<\/a><\/strong>, we hosted an <strong>in-person talk and demo<\/strong> on basic cloning techniques and prepare for some basic cloning in the lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discussed how to purify a PCR product and get it ready for cloning, design a construct, <strong>See how <\/strong>cloning is done for BSL1 constructs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udccd <strong>Where:<\/strong> DIYBIO Toronto, At the Hacklab, 1677 St Clair Avenue West &#8211; get there by streetcar on the 512 just past Caledonia, at the Laughton St stop. Or drive. There are usually spots on neighbouring streets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Micro organs, Mega impact: exploring organoids and organs-on-a-chip Meetup!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287\" style=\"width:604px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was an awesome talk with the DIYBIO summer interns and Nims Thavandiran, a PhD in bioengineering. <br>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>When:<\/strong> 2pm, Wednesday August 20th (in person). We explored how advanced bioengineering meets grassroots science at the future of biomedical research, and demoed some of our printed devices with food colouring! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/diybio-toronto\/events\/310531811\/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events\">https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/diybio-toronto\/events\/310531811\/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">other meetups: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-478b6e6b wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile wp-container-content-492a994e\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_233051_HDR-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-215 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_233051_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_233051_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_233051_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_233051_HDR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_233051_HDR-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Left Panel: After discussing some of the challenges with the GFP beer project, we successfully ran a protein gel to test out the PAGE equipment graciously donated to us last December! The protein standard separated nicely and we set the gel to stain. We will update further next week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bottom Panel: Some of the Meetup members who joined up in our explorations this week! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_223931-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_223931-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_223931-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_223931-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_223931-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/diybio.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250205_223931-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bimonthly Meetups on Wednesdays at 7:00pm, 1677 St. Clair Avenue West ! 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