San Francisco · Community Biolab
Biopunk is theworld’s largestopen-accessbiolab community.
A community of scientists, entrepreneurs, students, and artists pushing the envelope of the possible — together.
San Francisco · Community Biolab
A community of scientists, entrepreneurs, students, and artists pushing the envelope of the possible — together.
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The Biopunk community members continually teach new classes on emerging topics in biotechnology. Come join us for a starter course or take our annual How to Grow Almost Anything for a full start in genetic engineering.
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We have an incredible community of brilliant scientists, entrepreneurs, students and artists all pushing the envelope of the possible in our state-of-the-art laboratory in downtown San Francisco.
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Find ways to get involved or sponsor a class for a community member in need. Provide direct support for our science outreach mission. Anything helps!
Contribute through Open Collective →Biopunk Lab is a hands-on community biology space where curious minds come to build, break, and discover. We believe that access to biotechnology shouldn't be gated by institutions — it belongs to everyone.
From CRISPR experiments to fermentation, synthetic biology to bioinformatics, we're building the tools and community to make biology an open discipline.
We host workshops, open lab nights, and collaborative research projects. If you've ever wanted to do real science outside of a corporate or academic lab, this is where you belong.
What We Stand For
Research and protocols shared freely. Knowledge belongs to everyone, not just institutions.
Real bench work with real equipment. Theory only gets you so far — pipette in hand is better.
If it’s too expensive, build it. If there’s no protocol, write one. Punk means making a way.
A space built by and for curious people. No gatekeeping, no credentials required to start.
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