ABSTRACT

As important antecedents of the emerging DIY laboratory movement, the aspects of profiles and characteristics of those pioneers who establish DIY laboratories have remained under-researched in extant literature. In order to address this issue and explore common profiles and characteristics of DIY laboratory founders, by employing content analysis, this paper analyses secondary data on 23 founders/co-founders of eight DIY bio laboratories that are publicly available (DIYbio.org). The results reveal that a common profile of a DIY bio laboratory founder is someone most likely to be highly educated (often times PhD), with experience and expertise in the field of science and has strong ideological beliefs. Additionally, the founders/co-founders have characteristics of entrepreneurship, research, ideology and community that strongly advocate for open source sharing of scientific information and for the democratisation of science.

摘要

作为新兴 DIY 实验室运动的重要前身，那些建立 DIY 实验室的先驱者的概况和特征在现有文献中仍未得到充分研究。为了解决这个问题并探索DIY实验室创始人的共同特征和特征，本文通过内容分析，分析了公开可用的8个DIY生物实验室的23位创始人/联合创始人的二手数据（DIYbio.org）。结果表明，DIY 生物实验室创始人的一个共同特征是最有可能受过高等教育（通常是博士），在科学领域拥有经验和专业知识，并具有强烈​​的意识形态信仰。此外，创始人/联合创始人具有创业、研究、