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January 19, 2012 00:57
| almost 13 years ago
Questions for Env. Estrogen Screen / Home Testing for Endocrine Disruptors
Goal for month: contact DIY-Bio community, start growing yeast, video, why yeast, bio-monitoring generally/methodologically, what kind of data does this produce? Sketches about how the yeast work.
Proposed goal for three months: Come up with Hello World
Proposed goal for six months: build community of expert participants
Proposed over all goal for year: try in a home
History/context of tool
- what inspired it? “to test sources of water for the presence of environmental estrogens” (tool page)
- who (all) designed/developed/tested it? Where? (PLOTS Toxics and Health working group, with Joan Ruderman/Harvard University, Gary Wessel/Brown University, Jean Huang/Olin College, Yuyu Chen, Mara Strenberg, Avery Louie, and Sara Wylie.)
- where has it been used and how did it go? - “We are currently in the earliest stage of development on this tool.” (tool page) in the New England Research Center
- how specialized is demand for the tool? - broad- any home
- opportunities for sponsorship or major partnership? unable to be determined
Replicability
- documentation, transmission to new users - early stage
- tools needed? - early stage, unknown. hello world test?
- skills needed? - what knowledge does it assume? difficulty? - early stage, unknown
- materials needed - supply chain limitations- early stage, unknown. (Level 1 Bio lab req. not listed)
- safety- early stage, unknown but seems like handling circuitry could be dangerous
Development
- what is it costing us in staff hours?
- what is it costing in materials? - early stage, unknown
Maintenance
- what are the per-use costs? - early stage, unknown
- what are wearing parts? (frequency of replacement) - early stage, unknown
Accessibility/legibility
- are there opportunities for people to participate/contribute
- formats: online/offline? - early stage, unknown
- cost? (dollars, time) - early stage, unknown
- access to materials, components - early stage, unknown
- language barrier? - early stage N/A
- language: domain-specific, insider/outsider - early stage
Change effected
- how has it measurably/materially affected:
- local ecology - early stage N/A
- available/actionable information? - early stage N/A
- decision making - early stage N/A
- legal, policy, regulatory - early stage N/A
- enables participation in a formerly closed information loop - early stage (inspiring interest as an idea)
Future:
2012 tool goals:
- Post photos/media about other similar tests/setups
- Post photographs, documentation of a prototype or experimental setup
- concepts for designing home testing kits, protocols for sample prep (listed on tool page)
- develop container (based on glass prototypes) for the culturing the yeast with the sample
- attempt cost, materials list estimates (ballpark)
- identify a “hello world” - a first, easy “successful” use of the tool which others should try to replicate
- make guide for growing your own yeast?
- figure out what form the data will take, and how it will be shared,
- “glowing or turning blue” -- what does it look like, what does each mean?
- (for any home tool) issues with privacy on sharing data on personal residences
- plan events around to-dos, like sample preparation, developing experimental setups, attempting a similar test for feasibility
- Hand sketch diagram of a “biological circuit” (a term that is entirely new to me, BTW)?
- storyboard “the process would take W days, be affordable for X, would reveal Y information which would lead to Z actions”
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gonzoearth |
January 19, 2012 00:43
| almost 13 years ago
Questions for Env. Estrogen Screen / Home Testing for Endocrine Disruptors
Goal for month: contact DIY-Bio community, start growing yeast, video, why yeast, bio-monitoring generally/methodologically, what kind of data does this produce? Sketches about how the yeast work.
Proposed goal for three months: Come up with Hello World
Proposed goal for six months: build community of expert participants
Proposed over all goal for year: try in a home
History/context of tool
- what inspired it? “to test sources of water for the presence of environmental estrogens” (tool page)
- who (all) designed/developed/tested it? Where? (PLOTS Toxics and Health working group, with Joan Ruderman/Harvard University, Gary Wessel/Brown University, Jean Huang/Olin College, Yuyu Chen, Mara Strenberg, Avery Louie, and Sara Wylie.)
- where has it been used and how did it go? - “We are currently in the earliest stage of development on this tool.” (tool page) in the New England Research Center
- how specialized is demand for the tool? - broad- any home
- opportunities for sponsorship or major partnership? unable to be determined
Replicability
- documentation, transmission to new users - early stage
- tools needed? - early stage, unknown. hello world test?
- skills needed? - what knowledge does it assume? difficulty? - early stage, unknown
- materials needed - supply chain limitations- early stage, unknown. (Level 1 Bio lab req. not listed)
- safety- early stage, unknown but seems like handling circuitry could be dangerous
Development
- what is it costing us in staff hours?
- what is it costing in materials? - early stage, unknown
Maintenance
- what are the per-use costs? - early stage, unknown
- what are wearing parts? (frequency of replacement) - early stage, unknown
Accessibility/legibility
- are there opportunities for people to participate/contribute
- formats: online/offline? - early stage, unknown
- cost? (dollars, time) - early stage, unknown
- access to materials, components - early stage, unknown
- language barrier? - early stage N/A
- language: domain-specific, insider/outsider - early stage
Change effected
- how has it measurably/materially affected:
- local ecology - early stage N/A
- available/actionable information? - early stage N/A
- decision making - early stage N/A
- legal, policy, regulatory - early stage N/A
- enables participation in a formerly closed information loop - early stage (inspiring interest as an idea)
Future:
2012 tool goals:
- Post photos/media about other similar tests/setups
- Post photographs, documentation of a prototype or experimental setup
- concepts for designing home testing kits, protocols for sample prep (listed on tool page)
- develop container (based on glass prototypes) for the culturing the yeast with the sample
- attempt cost, materials list estimates (ballpark)
- identify a “hello world” - a first, easy “successful” use of the tool which others should try to replicate
- make guide for growing your own yeast?
- figure out what form the data will take, and how it will be shared,
- “glowing or turning blue” -- what does it look like, what does each mean?
- (for any home tool) issues with privacy on sharing data on personal residences
- plan events around to-dos, like sample preparation, developing experimental setups, attempting a similar test for feasibility
- Hand sketch diagram of a “biological circuit” (a term that is entirely new to me, BTW)?
- storyboard “the process would take W days, be affordable for X, would reveal Y information which would lead to Z actions”
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