FAQ

What is Bio Hack Academy?

Bio Hack Academy (BHA) is an event held by waag society, a maker space based in Amsterdam, NL; and we will host the program as a partner lab in Tokyo.

What kind of devices would we use for making our lab equipment?

The program provides us with source codes and schematics for Arduino. However, the incubator will be using a Raspberry Pi and Python because the developer hates Arduino code. If you do not know what an Arduino is or whether if the Raspberry Pi is edible, don't worry! We'll be having a beginner's course on electronics.

What is an incubator?

An incubator is an equipment used in a lab to culture organisms by making a comfortable environment for the organism.

What is PCR?

PCR stands for Polymerase Chain Reaction, the process of duplicating DNA so we can detect them, in layman's terms.

What is CRISPR?

CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, it's used for genome editing. More info

I don't understand anything written here.

Please come to our info session held on Jan 15, or come to any of our weekly meetings and we'll be happy to answer further questions!