• Participants compared the scientific realism of the TV series “Fringe” with the more grounded Canadian show “Regenesis,” concluding that Dr. Bishop is essentially a less-functional version of Dr. House.  
• Ongoing culture clashes between academics and bio-hackers were illustrated by a past DIYbio flame-war in which MIT professor Tom Knight allegedly told a participant “you aren’t made of cells.”  
• Active open-source projects discussed include an automated synthetic-biology circuit designer, a cross-domain open design repository, an open-source algal bioreactor for biodiesel, neuron simulators, and experimentation with rTMS.  
• A parametric SVG generator for custom gel-electrophoresis boxes was written on-the-fly, with attention to unit handling (pixels vs. inches) so the output can be cleanly converted to DXF for laser-cutting.  
• High-quality molecular-animation resources were shared, including WEHI-TV, Drew Berry’s animations, and the Molecular Movies showcase, providing scientifically accurate micro-scale footage.  
• BIND (Bio-Molecular Interaction Database) was cited as a cautionary tale of funding politics leading to its demise; Garry Bader’s talk on the subject was linked on YouTube.  
• A wiki-based “H+ Degree” or “Transhumanist Degree Course” was sketched at http://biocourse.org/index.php/H%2B to consolidate curriculum ideas, with calls to fold in prior IRC discussions and link collections.  
• A 70 GB local mirror of the Protein Data Bank (PDB) was set up, and participants discussed open viewers and automated rule generation from metabolic graphs.