Institute For The Future

Participatory Biology: Socialstructing Science

On June 17, 2014, Eri Gentry joined a panel of community biology leaders at Techonomy Bio to share her experience. Before joining IFTF, Eri co-founded BioCurious, a community lab space that Marina Gorbis featured in her book as a signal of socialstructed science and learning, and earned Eri a Champion of Change honor from the White House.

Watch the video below and read the entire transcript on Techonomy.com.

Just as the Internet leveled the playing field for entrepreneurship, politics, and social engagement, recent advances are leveling it for biological progress. Processing power, the cloud, and Internet connectivity open doors for inquisitive individuals and nascent biotech startups. How are ordinary people involving themselves in biology, and what will be their impact? In this video, David Kirkpatrick moderates a discussion with Eri Gentry of BioCurious and the Institute for the Future, Ryan Bethencourt of Berkeley BioLabs and the XPRIZE Foundation, and David Haussler of UC Santa Cruz and HHMI.