Open Bioeconomy Lab with Dr. Chiara Gandini and Harry Aglikoh | Episode 002

The Hive Tribe

We took a short break to create and incubate but we’re back with a new episode on the Hive podcast. For this episode, we put on our lab coats with Dr. Chiara Gandini and Harry Akligoh to talk about the Open Bioeconomy Lab. The Open Bioeconomy Lab is a multifaceted global lab that seeks to create a sustainable, open and equitable bioeconomy in Africa. We talk about their work on and off the continent, the importance of biology and research in Africa, and some of the breakthroughs in the world of Open bioeconomy that have been materialized over the last year, such as the Bio Summit, Synthetic Cafe and Africa OSH.

[Thank you to Bryan Stanley for providing us with the freshest beats! Check him out on soundcloud here]

Chiara Gandini is a Genetic Engineer passionate in synthetic biology and the fascinating world of bacteria. Within the Open Bioeconomy lab, she is developing tools to enable biotechnology in low-resource contexts, including helping to select genetic parts to be included the Open Enzyme project and cloning libraries of genetic constructs to prototype protocols for the low-cost expression and purification of enzymes through large scale cell-free protein synthesis and 3D printed devices.

Get in touch with Chiara Gandini via Open Bioeconomy here and Twitter here.

Harry Akligoh is the co-founder of the Hive BioLab, a Researcher with the Open Bioeconomy Lab and Technical Associate at Kumasi Hive in Ghana. At present he is mobilizing the open science community in Africa through the Africa Open Science Hardware Summit (Africa OSH) to democratize the use and adoption of DIY Bio and community biotechnology to drive biology research necessary for harnessing the power of Africa’s biotechnology industry in education and research.

Connect with Harry Akligoh via Open Bioeconomy here and Twitter here.

Find out more about the Open Bioeconomy Lab here and the Hive Biolab.

Our Jams

Dangote by Burna Boy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCPy1jvOp90

Don’t Make me Wait by Shaggy and Sting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rEBT_Ge3sc

Ye by Burna Boy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPe09eE6Xio

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