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		<title>Product Review: BioTek Microflo liquid dispensing machine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A couple of pictures of the BioTek Microflo liquid dispenser. Device with hatch open and spring tension unlocked: Device with hatch open and spring tension locked: This machine has both serial RS-232 and USB; however, the &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/461">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy soliciting your feedback on &#8220;Improving Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research&#8221; until Dec 20, 2009</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/455</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy, under directives from the President Obama administration, is soliciting public feedback. Note the deadline!  (Dec. 10th-20th) Policy Forum on Public Access to Federally Funded Research: Implementation Thursday, December &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/455">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Add Streaming Video to any Bio-lab!</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/416</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Combining an inexpensive (under $15) USB webcam with free VLC media player software, it is simple to add password-protected internet streaming video for remote users to any lab.  VLC includes the ability to capture from a &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/416">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Low Cost Microcontroller-based Digital Microfluidics using &#8220;Processing&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/338</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve now tested the digital microfluidics board via microcontroller. The digital microfluidics board moves a liquid droplet via Electrowetting-on-Dielectric (EWOD).  The microcontroller switches the high voltage via a switching board (pictured below, using Panasonic PhotoMOS chips), &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/338">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>HVPS for Systems Biology: A Low Cost, High Voltage Power Supply with Schematics + Board Layout</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/303</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have designed this high voltage, low current power supply for various experiments in systems &#38; synthetic biology. I have cleaned up the design and I am placing the schematic and board layout online below!  This &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/303">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Train the Biology Robot: Have the Machine Read the Protocol and Automate Itself</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine reading these kinds of instructions and performing such a task for a few hours: &#8220;Resuspend pelleted bacterial cells in 250 µl Buffer P1 and transfer to a micro-centrifuge tube. Ensure that RNase A has been &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/290">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DIY Digital Microfluidics for Automating Biology Protocols (sub-microliter droplets)</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/280</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Systems biologists and synthetic biologists spend a large amount of time moving small liquids from one vial to another. I would say it makes up the majority of their work day, even in a technologically cutting-edge &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/280">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Make some simple biology lab tools</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/257</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes biology lab tools are really simple, and ridiculously obvious (i.e., a petri dish?).   Yet most of the general public form the idea that biology, chemistry, or even nanotechnology, is impossible because we don&#8217;t have high-tech &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/257">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Build a Spectrophotometer (Schematics included) as a DIY Project</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/239</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I recently ran across this published paper.  Most skunkwork types seem to buy used equipment via ebay.    This article explains how to build a spectrophotometer with schematics, illustrations, and photos.  The circuit is simple:  a photoresistor, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/239">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We Make the News Headlines: &#8220;Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a nice holiday surprise for me this week, my project (Melaminometer) &#38; a team member (Meredith L. Patterson) made it into Associated Press science news: &#8220;Amateurs are trying genetic engineering at home&#8221;.  The article is &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/234">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Fundamental Problems in Open Source &#8212; What&#8217;s the Bio Fix?</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/225</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Synthetic biology aims to create biological parts which can be connected together to form larger functional devices, and many hope the most poplar library of parts will be &#8220;Open Source&#8221;.  Openly publishing large collections of biological &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/225">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Genetically Engineer Bacteria and/or Yeast using Sound (Ultrasound, Sonoporation)</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/192</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JonathanCline]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Almost everyone in the BioBricks realm seems to use a standard method for modifying their organisms: chemical transformation. Yet there is another method which is very promising. In chemical transformation [3], some standard bacteria is grown, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://88proof.com/synthetic_biology/blog/archives/192">More<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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