DIYBIO Hong Kong
DIYBIO Hong Kong is a community bio lab. It aims to promote biological science literacy by running an open-access biology lab, organizing "Let's Talk Bio!" public talk series, field trips, expedition, workshops, and initiating citizen science projects.
Bug Hunt Hong Kong is the first citizen science project organsied to to build a public accessible collection of insects in Hong Kong that can be used to educate the public about Hong Kong’s insect biodiversity. We also want to generate DNA barcodes of the different insects in the collection in order to build a DNA barcode library of Hong Kong insects and to contribute to the international barcode of life initiative.
Project Team
Gert Grobler (Co-founder), Maria Li (Co-founder), DIY Bio Hong Kong members
Year
2016 - 2021
Location
Hong Kong
Let's Talk Bio!
a public biology talk series
To promote biological science literacy, we organise free talks to the public. We aim to facilitate conversation between scientists and people from different fields such as designers, artists, engineers, makers, general publics.
We have invited experts from various research fields to speak about the latest development on various topics including synthetic biology, iGEM, DNA barcoding, Hong Kong marine biodiversity, forensic science, skin microbiome and the relationship with environment, Bioart, and application of radioactivity in medicine etc.
Watch talks here.
Workshops
Apart from organising public talks, we also organise hands-on workshops to educate people about biological science. All are welcome to join. The main point here is to facilitate inter-disciplinary exchange. Here, we learn from each other, and we construct knowledge together.
Workshops cover topics including microbiology, molecular biology, DNA barcoding, insect pinning, formicarium making, biomaterials, microbial fuel cell, mead brewing, yogurt and cheese making, DIY mobile microscope, strawberry DNA extraction, Slime Mold cultivation, molecular gastronomy etc.
Bug Hunt Hong Kong
a citizen science project
Hong Kong has a large biodiversity, with insects comprising a large part of the biodiversity. Yet most people in Hong Kong are disconnected to nature. Therefore, we initiate the "Bug Hunt Hong Kong" citizen science project to build a public accessible collection of insects in Hong Kong that can be used to educate the public about Hong Kong’s insect biodiversity. We also want to generate DNA barcodes of the different insects in the collection in order to build a DNA barcode library of Hong Kong insects and to contribute to the international barcode of life initiative.
