I'd love to speak to you about bioprinters. Very hard to get access to them and people who know how they work in the Midlands!
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:04:31 +0000 From: [email protected] To: [email protected]; [email protected] CC: [email protected] Subject: [BHL-Europe] Re: Last 4 days to apply to IndieBio Ireland! Would love to see it! And, can I hold you to the bioprinter thing? That would be pretty epic. :) On 12/03/15 17:23, jem wrote: I'd love to apply but I'm already in another acelerator! Mind you I'd love to collaborate with a few others to form a team to develop a bio thingmajigs. I can provide bioprinters?.... On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 12:22:27 AM UTC+8, Cathal Garvey wrote: Hi all, got my IndieBio hat on so please excuse the crosspost; The closing date for applications to IndieBio Ireland is 14th March, which is a mere 4 days away. So, I'd like to urge you all to (re)consider making an application for this Summer in Ireland's greatest city for three months of mentorship, biohacking, social excursions, and $50k-$70k in startup funding. Last year's teams collectively raised over $3M. This year, the initial funding is $20k-$40k higher (sorry, SynbioAxlr8r teams..), so I'm confident this will also be a roaring success. Applications can be made: - via F6S (using Facebook or LinkedIn accts): https://www.f6s.com/indiebioaccelerator - via Fundacity (using FB, LinkedIn or Twitter attcs): http://www.fundacity.com/indie-bio - via the web-form: http://indie.bio/apply-to-ireland Applications do *not* need to be polished or perfect, our most important criteria are teams and ideas. If both look great, great! If one looks good and the other lags, we can talk about how to pad that out. So don't delay for the sake of perfection, or you will miss that deadline. There are already some exciting DIY-ish people in the running for the programme and I'm looking forward to pulling in an exciting group of people for the Summer, so you're sure to have a good time and meet some lasting friends. There's also a great line-up of mentors and some exciting partnerships and items of specialised equipment (toys!) to enjoy and learn from. May I suggest that if you have an idea that needs a cofounder, or if you lack and idea but would like to cofound, then reply to this thread on the main DIYbio.org mailing list (the Google group!) with your "advert" and we'll see how many fun pairings-up we can manage. :) I am personally eager to see more female, LGBTQ and age/ethnicity-diverse applicants; don't leave me hanging, here. best, Cathal -- Scientific Director, IndieBio Irish Programme Got a biology-inspired business idea that $50,000 - & 3 months in a well equipped lab could accelerate? Apply for the Summer programme in Ireland: http://indie.bio/apply-to-ireland Twitter: @onetruecathal Phone: +353876363185 miniLock: JjmYYngs7akLZUjkvFkuYdsZ3PyPHSZRBKNm6qTYKZfAM peerio.com: cathalgarvey
