DIYbio was founded by Mackenzie Cowell and Jason Bobe. [ 1 ] DIYbio is a network [ 2 ] of individuals from around the globe that aims to help make biology a worthwhile pursuit for citizen scientists, biohackers , amateur biologists, and do-it-yourself biological engineers who value openness and safety. [ 3 ] Participants call themselves ‘ biohackers ’, not hackers in the sense of infiltrating protected places and stealing information, but hackers in the original sense of taking things apart and putting them back together in a new, better way. [ 4 ] These biohackers often pursue these interests outside of their jobs, companies or institutional labs.
