Chaos Computer Club - recent events feed (high quality)

Building on the very well attended DNA presentations ("DNA: The Code Of Life") at SHA2017, this talk will cover:

A brief recap what DNA is and how it works
It is surprisingly digital!
How reading DNA is within 'pro-sumer' reach now
(I might bring a live demo for after the talk)
An overview of DNA editing technologies (offline, and online: on living organisms)
Including the famous CRISPR-CAS, but also newer variants
How does such editing actually work in a lab?
The surprising lack of a definitive link between most DNA mutations and any effect
Could you hack your DNA? Will people start doing this?
Should we try to stop them?
Wild speculation on what this might mean for the future

The goal of this presentation is to provide real non-hyped information on what DNA editing is and what it might achieve. And since we are hackers, I hope to explain how a hackerspace could start reading DNA right now with USB-powered hardware. And finally, since no hacker can resist tinkering: could you hack your own genome, or your cat's, or improve on your favorite plant?

Building on the very well attended DNA presentations ("DNA: The Code Of Life") at SHA2017, this talk will cover:

A brief recap what DNA is and how it works
It is surprisingly digital!
How reading DNA is within 'pro-sumer' reach now
(I might bring a live demo for after the talk)
An overview of DNA editing technologies (offline, and online: on living organisms)
Including the famous CRISPR-CAS, but also newer variants
How does such editing actually work in a lab?
The surprising lack of a definitive link between most DNA mutations and any effect
Could you hack your DNA? Will people start doing this?
Should we try to stop them?
Wild speculation on what this might mean for the future

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