sudo-discuss January 2016

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by Omni Oakland

Dear Sudo Room, Here's your invoice! We appreciate your prompt payment. Thanks for stewarding the commons! Omni Oakland ------------------------ Invoice Summary -------------------------- Invoice # : 1235 Invoice Date: 01/01/2016 Due Date: 01/31/2016 Terms: Net 30 Amount Due: $2,000.00 The complete version has been provided as an attachment to this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------

8 years, 2 months

Robot reassembly + biohackathon discussion in CCL today.

by Patrik D'haeseleer

Please come join us today at 2pm to reassemble our large OpenTrons lab robot. We'll also have a discussion at 1pm with folks from BioCurious on whether we want to spend thousands of dollars to participate in the iGEM synthetic biology again this year, or whether we are going to put together a parallel biohackathon for the DIYbio community. Patrik

8 years, 2 months

Electrical work to help out with sudomesh/peoplesopen.net

by max b

A location that we're doing an install needs a little bit of electrical work before we can put some radios on their roof. Specifically, I think it would include: - Breaking out wire from some existing conduit outdoors and adding another section of conduit. - Installing a NEMA (outdoor weatherproof electrical/etc.) box. - Adding a breaker to the circuit breaker where the second line in the conduit would connect. This would be a huge help as this location has the potential to be a pretty awesome hub and we just need a little work to get it up and going. Thanks a bunch! Maxb

8 years, 2 months

card access questions for Omni general membership

by Jake

As one of the people with the ability to edit the Front Door Magnetic Card Access System, I have a few questions for everyone to think about: What are our requirements for information kept on each card? This information is only available to people like myself with root access on the door control computer. I was going on the assumption that, for each card able to open the door, we should store the following information: 1. the name or nym identifying the person who will be using the card 2. a way to contact that person (phone number or email) 3. at least one affiliation with a member collective (sudo, CCL, BAPS etc) I have been seeing cards getting added to the records without #2 and #3 and I wonder if we, as Omni, thing this is a sustainable policy. Also, I don't know how many people have access to the door control computer, and access is presently anonymous. Is this something that should be more curated? We have a mailing list access(a)lists.sudoroom.org but I never get any responses from anyone on the list. thanks for your thoughts on this. -jake

8 years, 2 months

peltier heaters/coolers

by Cere Davis

Hey (Rob), Do you know where sudo has peltier coolers? Marc, said he gave a bunch to you for some light project stuff? thanks, Cere -- Cere Davis http:// <http://AcoustoCurio.us>CereDavis.com @ceremona ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GPG Key: http://taffy.findpage.com/~cere/pubkey.asc GPG fingerprint (ID# 73FCA9E6) : F5C7 627B ECBE C735 117B 2278 9A95 4C88 73FC A9E6

8 years, 2 months

Coming up at CCL!: CCL has a lab robot! Now what?

by Marina Kukso

hi all, one last thing from CCL - they now have a lab robot! if you're interested in learning more about this robot and possibly being a part of its assembly, operation, and programming, come to the protein modeling meetup this fri 1/29 at 7PM: http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/228129282/ . in addition to protein modeling, this meetup will include discussion, plans, and next steps for the robot. Forwarded conversation Subject: [CCL] CCL has a lab robot! Now what? ------------------------ From: *Patrik D'haeseleer* <patrikd(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 9:34 PM To: "cclmembers(a)googlegroups.com" <cclmembers(a)googlegroups.com>, " counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com" <counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com>, "cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com" <cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com> As most of you probably have heard, CCL acquired a large OpenTrons <http://opentrons.com/>lab robot (pics below), thanks to our friends at Arcturus Bio <https://www.arcturus.io/>. Which is awesome, except that we don't really have space for it, or anyone who knows how to run it at the moment. :-D If we are going to keep this beast, we should also put together a core group of people interested in care and feeding of a lab robot. *PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED!* There is a bit of a community around the OpenTrons platform, and I'm sure we could come up with some interesting applications. Unfortunately, the robot was too large to fit in the truck, so it had to be substantially disassembled to bring it over. So the first thing we should do it to reassemble it. But before we can do that, we need to *figure out WHERE to put it.* Couple of options: 1) Install it on one of the lab benches. This would take up most of a lab bench, plus some space next to it for the freezer. 2) If we lose the freezer, we should be able to cut down the axes so it fits on about half a lab bench. 3) We could find some place elsewhere in the building to put it - likely in the basement. Welcome to any other suggestions! Here's some pic of the robot in its full, functioning glory: And here's its current sorry state, disassembled and taking up way too much space: Patrik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Counter Culture Labs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to counterculturelabs+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ---------- From: *Maureen Muldavin* <muldavin.m(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:03 PM To: Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> Cc: "cclmembers(a)googlegroups.com" <cclmembers(a)googlegroups.com>, " counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com" <counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com>, "cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com" <cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com> I'm excited about the robot! I also have robot parts in my car still. It was raining too hard yesterday to carry them inside. On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > As most of you probably have heard, CCL acquired a large OpenTrons > <http://opentrons.com/>lab robot (pics below), thanks to our friends at Arcturus > Bio <https://www.arcturus.io/>. Which is awesome, except that we don't > really have space for it, or anyone who knows how to run it at the moment. > :-D > > If we are going to keep this beast, we should also put together a core > group of people interested in care and feeding of a lab robot. *PLEASE > REPLY TO THIS EMAIL IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED!* There is a bit of a > community around the OpenTrons platform, and I'm sure we could come up with > some interesting applications. > > Unfortunately, the robot was too large to fit in the truck, so it had to > be substantially disassembled to bring it over. So the first thing we > should do it to reassemble it. But before we can do that, we need to *figure > out WHERE to put it.* > > Couple of options: > > 1) Install it on one of the lab benches. This would take up most of a lab > bench, plus some space next to it for the freezer. > > 2) If we lose the freezer, we should be able to cut down the axes so it > fits on about half a lab bench. > > 3) We could find some place elsewhere in the building to put it - likely > in the basement. > > Welcome to any other suggestions! > > Here's some pic of the robot in its full, functioning glory: > > And here's its current sorry state, disassembled and taking up way too > much space: > > > Patrik > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CCult Lab's Board" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to CultLabsBoard+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > ---------- From: *Kathy Buehmann* <kathy.buehmann(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:30 PM To: Maureen Muldavin <muldavin.m(a)gmail.com> Cc: counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com, cclmembers(a)googlegroups.com, " cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com" <cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com>, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> I'm interested in helping reassemble the robot and figuring out how to operate/care for it. I'll put a sign up on it tmr for those who don't read their email :-P I'd love to have a group of 4-5 people who are educated on and interested in caring for the robot, and whose names are written boldly on it somewhere for when newbies are ready to give it a try. Real vegan cheese, open insulin, alex n, mary/maureen, and other projects out there: do you have any foreseeable need for a high thruput liquid handler in the near-ish future? Kathy ---------- From: *Maureen Muldavin* <muldavin.m(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:39 PM To: Kathy Buehmann <kathy.buehmann(a)gmail.com> Cc: cclabs <counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com>, Counter Culture Labs Members <cclmembers(a)googlegroups.com>, "cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com" < cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com>, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> I want to plan to have classes in robot operation by May. I think that open insulin might have some use for the robot at some point, but not sure when. I'm really interested in learning how to use a liquid handler robot. I strongly feel that we should keep the robot. I have a feeling that once Noel's protein software group gets going, we might start to attract more programmers and engineers into the lab. The robot can be a bridge between the fields of engineering and biology. ---------- From: *Mary Ward* <maryhbw(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 6:25 AM To: Kathy Buehmann <kathy.buehmann(a)gmail.com> Cc: Maureen Muldavin <muldavin.m(a)gmail.com>, counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com, cclmembers(a)googlegroups.com, " cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com" <cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com>, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> Hi All, Marc said he was interested in using the robot for assembly of a parts similar to Biobrick. He said he would be attending next weeks delegate meeting to request a spot for the robot in the basement because this sucker is big. -Mary Sent from my iPhone On Jan 18, 2016, at 10:30 PM, Kathy Buehmann <kathy.buehmann(a)gmail.com> wrote: I'm interested in helping reassemble the robot and figuring out how to operate/care for it. I'll put a sign up on it tmr for those who don't read their email :-P I'd love to have a group of 4-5 people who are educated on and interested in caring for the robot, and whose names are written boldly on it somewhere for when newbies are ready to give it a try. Real vegan cheese, open insulin, alex n, mary/maureen, and other projects out there: do you have any foreseeable need for a high thruput liquid handler in the near-ish future? Kathy On Jan 18, 2016 10:04 PM, "Maureen Muldavin" <muldavin.m(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'm excited about the robot! I also have robot parts in my car still. It > was raining too hard yesterday to carry them inside. > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> As most of you probably have heard, CCL acquired a large OpenTrons >> <http://opentrons.com/>lab robot (pics below), thanks to our friends at Arcturus >> Bio <https://www.arcturus.io/>. Which is awesome, except that we don't >> really have space for it, or anyone who knows how to run it at the moment. >> :-D >> >> If we are going to keep this beast, we should also put together a core >> group of people interested in care and feeding of a lab robot. *PLEASE >> REPLY TO THIS EMAIL IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED!* There is a bit of a >> community around the OpenTrons platform, and I'm sure we could come up with >> some interesting applications. >> >> Unfortunately, the robot was too large to fit in the truck, so it had to >> be substantially disassembled to bring it over. So the first thing we >> should do it to reassemble it. But before we can do that, we need to *figure >> out WHERE to put it.* >> >> Couple of options: >> >> 1) Install it on one of the lab benches. This would take up most of a lab >> bench, plus some space next to it for the freezer. >> >> 2) If we lose the freezer, we should be able to cut down the axes so it >> fits on about half a lab bench. >> >> 3) We could find some place elsewhere in the building to put it - likely >> in the basement. >> >> Welcome to any other suggestions! >> >> Here's some pic of the robot in its full, functioning glory: >> <20150708_192355.jpg><Last Import - 13 of 30.jpg> >> >> And here's its current sorry state, disassembled and taking up way too >> much space: >> <20160118_212334.jpg> >> >> Patrik >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CCult Lab's Board" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to CultLabsBoard+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CCult Lab's Board" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to CultLabsBoard+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CCult Lab's Board" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to CultLabsBoard+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ---------- From: *Noel Carrascal* <noelcarrascal(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:12 AM To: Maureen Muldavin <muldavin.m(a)gmail.com> Cc: Kathy Buehmann <kathy.buehmann(a)gmail.com>, cclabs < counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com>, Counter Culture Labs Members < cclmembers(a)googlegroups.com>, "cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com" < cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com>, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> Now that we have a Robot, and a protein software group on the making, and that my name was mention in a previous email, I would like to emphasize the importance of volunteers to turn this equipment and project into something useful to the lab. I have realized that it takes a lot of work setting up, deploying, testing and maintaining the software tools for the whole lab to benefit. I worked with three new tenure-track faculty during my PhD, and it took months of installing, scripting and debugging before the software tools could be put to work on projects, and longer to turn them into publications. Outside academia, it should take less time and work. At CCL and Biocurious, I have tried to help people with the CRISPR-CAS9 and Insulin, only to find out that I cannot do this by myself, even with the know-how. CRISPR-Cas9 is too large a protein to do much on a personal computer, and I do not have the required software to build a linker for the insulin project. So, I would like to take this opportunity to encourage volunteers who want to work on the robot or computational protein design to join me for a presentation on January 29th. The meeting is on Protein Structure, visualization, modeling and design <http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/228129282/> and it is on meetup.com. That will be the starting point for organizing volunteer efforts for the software side of the Counter Culture Labs. People of all levels of skill are welcome. I will provide papers, book references and guidance for those who are not experts and want to learn the fundamentals of the biophysics of protein dynamics and design. Noel ---------- From: *Maureen Muldavin* <muldavin.m(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 12:37 PM To: Noel Carrascal <noelcarrascal(a)gmail.com> Cc: Kathy Buehmann <kathy.buehmann(a)gmail.com>, cclabs < counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com>, Counter Culture Labs Members < cclmembers(a)googlegroups.com>, "cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com" < cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com>, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com> I've announced the meetup and posted it to several biohacker Facebook groups. I also submitted it to the funcheap website. I'll post it on CCL's Facebook and start marketing the class over twitter later tonight. I was planning to do a 2-week class marketing push anyways. Maureen ---------- From: *Patrik D'haeseleer* <patrikd(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:51 PM To: Maureen Muldavin <muldavin.m(a)gmail.com> Cc: Kathy Buehmann <kathy.buehmann(a)gmail.com>, Noel Carrascal < noelcarrascal(a)gmail.com>, "cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com" < cultlabsboard(a)googlegroups.com>, cclabs <counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com>, Counter Culture Labs Members <cclmembers(a)googlegroups.com> Excellent - don't forget about the Bay Area Science calendar as well! We could use some help making the class listing on Meetup a bit more attractive. I pasted in some images, but the meetup editor is rather minimalistic (no image resizing - really? ) I believe you can paste in from Word or a web page though, and it'll preserve some of the formatting that you cannot edit directly in Meetup (sigh)... Patrik >>>>>> And here's its current sorry state, disassembled and taking up way too much space: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Patrik >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CCult Lab's Board" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to CultLabsBoard+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CCult Lab's Board" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to CultLabsBoard+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Counter Culture Labs" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to counterculturelabs+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to counterculturelabs(a)googlegroups.com . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >

8 years, 2 months

coming up at CCL!: protein modeling, visualization, & design

by Marina Kukso

this friday 1/29 at 7PM people will be meeting up to learn about proteins and protein structure and to begin work on building protein models, visualizations, and ultimately protein design. if you're interested in what computational biology is all about and what it would take to model brand new proteins, you should come! http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/228129282/

8 years, 2 months

coming up at CCL!: intro to biohacking course

by Marina Kukso

hi all, i'm sharing a few things going on at CCL that i think you might be interested in! first: CCL'er Maureen is teaching an intro to biohacking course. it's every other thursday with labs every other sunday. the first session is this thurs. 1/28 from 7-9PM: http://www.meetup.com/Counter-Culture-Labs/events/228208919/

8 years, 2 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] 8 free cafe style tables

by Matthew Senate

We may have some sudo (cc'd) friends near hayward who might be able to help us out securing these! I think we could definitely use them. Anyone able to help out with pick-up or temporary storage? On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:36 AM, robb <sf99er(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/zip/5418672507.html > > not sure if we want em & don't have a way to pick them up > > i told the poster on craigslist that i would know later today > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org > https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/discuss > >

8 years, 2 months

Ceptr - under the hood

by Mitar

Hi! I forgot to forward this earlier. But starting now at Impact Hub in Oakland there will be a great talk about some technological aspects of Ceptr, a meta-currency project: https://www.facebook.com/events/1671179489831718/ http://ceptr.org/ Mitar -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

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