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# Important information about the Biofoundries-Hackathon

Welcome, dear **bioenthusiasts**!
Here is a compilation of important things about the hackathon.

[ZOOM LINK](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3254115920?pwd%3DaFJJNmZlUElQb1hsRm1ZRmlKaHQrQT09&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1m1l09ofMvwY6py8EChgd5). Password:JOGL2021!

## Resources
We created a [**list of resources**](https://hackmd.io/@QkchbJjFQKarod-U1Scvsw/B1wOVvPmt) that could help and inspire your project! The list has several interesting themes: Open-Source Hardware, Software, Material Agreement, Synthetic Biology, among others.

## Communication
Join us in the **[JOGL Slack Community](https://join.slack.com/t/joglcommunity/shared_invite/zt-enxkz2hi-8SGgQNUcps1oQpQ0tooo8Q)**, where you can talk with the organizers and other team members in the biofoundries-hackathon channel and start connecting!

Also make sure to be on the JOGL platform and follow/be a member of the [**hackathon page**](https://app.jogl.io/challenge/FrugalBiofoundriesImplementationHackathon). Each of the projects will have its own page within it, so it is important that you are there.

## Agenda
We’ll have three sessions each day (OCT 2-3):
Asia/Oceania Session - 10 AM IST to 1 PM IST [Add to your calendar](https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MGVhZjlxNW5oZGRxNTQzbmViZ2pmcGhmYjVfMjAyMTEwMDJUMTcwMDAwWiBmcmllbmR6eW1lc0Bt&tmsrc=friendzymes%40gmail.com&scp=ALL)
EuroAfrica Session - 10 AM GMT to 1 PM GMT [Add to your calendar](https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MGoxbmtlMGN2YWJvcXRsbXVsMTNnZmM1NmJfMjAyMTEwMDJUMTAwMDAwWiBmcmllbmR6eW1lc0Bt&tmsrc=friendzymes%40gmail.com&scp=ALL)
Americas Session at 10 AM UTC-7 to 1 PM UTC-7 [Add to your calendar](https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MGVhZjlxNW5oZGRxNTQzbmViZ2pmcGhmYjVfMjAyMTEwMDJUMTcwMDAwWiBmcmllbmR6eW1lc0Bt&tmsrc=friendzymes%40gmail.com&scp=ALL)

You can also check the timezones here: https://bit.ly/friendzymes_hackathon_times

* On the first day, we will be sharing a **guide** with questions that we think will be important to be described in your project. [You can access the guide here.](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x-abSQobhqKzFZipOMaPnn8HGKni7R3o/view?usp=sharing) Also, each group will submit the project within the JOGL platform. [The detailed step-by-step can be accessed here.](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1t6DU-X1gQbsoFitMcN-GUVWPHGRfnmEn/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100255094426195398180&rtpof=true&sd=true)
We expect teams to create an idea together and make most of the plan for the implementation for a specific problem.

* On the second day, we expect teams to discuss the final details and make a pitch presentation.

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*[Pre-event]* We are having talks to inspire the teams to design smart solutions for their biofoundries. Here's the calendar:
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> **September 29th** - Session 1
> 📌 Small Tools for Big Questions by Sebastian Cocioba AND
> 📌 (Poly)merase - The World's Most Modern, Open Source, Synbio Software Library by Timothy Stiles.
> Recordings available on [**list of resources.**](https://hackmd.io/@QkchbJjFQKarod-U1Scvsw/B1wOVvPmt)
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> **October 1st** - Session 2
> 📌 Chaz Childers (Opentrons) - Democratizing Science with Open Source Hardware AND
> 📌 Friendzymes - Frugal Biofoundries for Distributed Enzyme Manufacturing.
Recordings will be available soon.

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Once again, thank you for your interest in participating at this event. What we hope to achieve even further than having this hackathon is the building of a robust, interconnected community with each and every one of you. Our motive is to help each group implement their respective regional frugal biofoundry needs, to bring biological science, technology, and application to the level of the community, and to make friends - as our organization name suggests!

## Democratizing biotechnology is a collective act - let's do it together!

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