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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20251201T083000
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URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/bioscience-open-hardware-workshop-semin
 ar-day/
SUMMARY:Bioscience Open Hardware Seminar Day
DESCRIPTION:\n\n1st December at 08:30-15:00\nOnsite event\nplace TBA\n\nAcc
 ess to research hardware remains a global challenge and it impacts also re
 searchers in high-income countries. The availability of hardware may be li
 mited due to lack of funding\, slow acquisition processes\, geographic dis
 tance\, and many scientific hardware solutions are not commercially availa
 ble at all. To solve this issue the open source hardware (analogous to ope
 n source software) are being developed to facilitate hardware access\, dis
 semination\, and reproducibility.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe big difference to sof
 tware is that with open hardware\, the blueprints and assembly instruction
 s are open\, but the physical instruments and hardware still need to be bu
 ilt. The open hardware spans from simple 3D prints to complicated customiz
 ed instruments. In order to lower the barrier to utilize the open hardware
 \, it is crucial to provide researchers with practical experience in makin
 g hardware.\n\nMany suitable platforms in Turku exist already (eg. Protopa
 ja\, 3Dprinters\, Maker´s studio\, many labs etc.) but they are scattered
  and researchers are not well aware of them. In addition\, working togethe
 r with something new is also one of the best ways to promote collaboration
  and networking. Therefore\, we are now organizing open hardware workshops
  aimed at enhancing skills of bioscience researchers and strengthening the
  collaborative environment in the BioCity Turku community.\n\nBioscience O
 pen Hardware Workshop has two parts i) a seminar day (1.12.2025) with loc
 al presenters and networking and ii) having separate smaller hands-on work
 shop (25.-27.11.2025) where we would actually build something simple toget
 her. The focus will be in local infra and people\, so that it would spark 
 new ideas that could be explored rapidly using local capabilities.\n\n&nbs
 p\;\nTentative seminar day program\nMonday 1.12.2025\nOnsite event\nVenue 
 TBA\n\n08:30 – Registration &amp\; Morning Coffee\n09:00 – Opening Rem
 arks\n09:10 – Open Hardware in Biosciences: Concepts\, Impact\, and Loca
 l Landscape\n09:50 – Participant Labs: Open Hardware in Action (Session 
 1)\n10:35 – Coffee Break &amp\; Networking\n10:50 – Participant Labs: 
 Open Hardware in Action (Session 2)\n11:35 – Panel Discussion: Building 
 a Collaborative Local Open Hardware Community\n12:10 – Lunch &amp\; Info
 rmal Discussion\n13:10 – Showcase: Practical Hands-on Workshop Results\n
 14:10 – Collaborative Brainstorming\n15:00 – Closing of the day\n\n&nb
 sp\;\n\n\n\nThe lectures are open for everyone and the workshop is free of
  charge and intended for experienced researchers with M.Sc. or Ph.D. (or s
 imilar) degrees.\n\n\nRegister (seminar day and/or workshop) here: https:/
 /konsta.utu.fi/Default.aspx?tabid=88&amp\;tap=23205 \n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\nMore
  information from Ilkka Paatero (zebrafish@bioscience.fi) and from https:/
 /www.utu.fi/en/node/418498 
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