About This Project

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What is the context of this research?

Biologik Labs was started in 2012 by its founder, Jameson Dungan, and has gained momentum with the addition of Rhett Sanders, co-founder. Their dream of building a biohacker space has spread like wild fire, gaining support from the local community of Norfolk, VA and the scientific community worldwide.

BioLogik started as a place for science enthusiasts to socialize and collaborate on projects. Biology Bootcamp, Organic Chemistry Techniques, Transforming Bacteria and Other Forms of Life are just some of the workshops that are being prepared for those eager to learn. We want to have open lab hours for members and central research projects that can be sourced to our members.

We want to keep science affordable, accessible, and above all, just plain fun.

What is the significance of this project?

BioLogik is located in the heart of downtown Norfolk, Virginia within a three mile radius of four universities: ODU, EVMS, NSU, and TCC. We would like to have open lab hours where students can come and practice their experiments and take workshops that correlate with their curriculum to enhance their educational experience while taking classes at these universities.

In the Hampton Roads area there a lot public, private, and home school children who don't have access to lab facilities, lab equipment, or skilled professors. BioLogik can be a place for these students to get hands on experience in a real lab with real scientists. We would like to develop experiments and workshops aimed towards children, teenagers, and young adults.

What are the goals of the project?

1) We plan to develop classes for children and young adults with hands on scientific techniques.

2) Have an open DIY biology lab geared toward education and the advancement of synthetic biology.

3) Make science affordable and accessible to the general public.