Sebastian Cocioba | The Amateur Scientist
Bio | Sebastian is a self-taught amateur biologist with a focus on flower morphology research and the production of tools that lower entry barriers for others to do biology as a hobby. He runs a for-profit startup New York Botanics, LLC which provides consultation and wetlab work for hire in the field of plant bioengoneering and a non-profit Binomica Labs where he helps develop the software, hardware, wetware, and thoughtware necessary to help others explore the living world.
Summary | Sebastian Cocioba is an amateur biologist and flower designer. His unconventional path to becoming a scientist has been groundbreaking and his hard-won lessons are helpful for other autodidacts as well as for traditionally-trained scientists. There's an important and unique vision for the future of science being forged in this spare-bedroom laboratory.
Notes from the Discussion:
Flowers for Everyone (Sebastian’s Open Lab Notebook)
Petalsmiths Plant Engineering Research Party (Sebastian’s Facebook Group)
Highlights:
The sparks of Sebastian's scientific curiosity were fanned on plant tissue culture hobbyist forums. pic.twitter.com/SSnaMS9ifc
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"Let me try to pursue something I've always wanted to ... which is to be a flower designer — to be a molecular florist. Can you generate new flowers?" pic.twitter.com/zYhRyBDyWm
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A tour of his apartment DIYBio lab: pic.twitter.com/LECmtqgURW
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The potential and ethical responsibility of DIYBio. pic.twitter.com/PFUnqEHHHl
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