- The Human Genome Project deliberately avoided sequencing individual volunteers’ genomes to protect privacy; the reference sequence is haploid and drawn from multiple donors, whereas the first five published personal genomes (Craig Venter, James Watson, Yang Huanming, Dan Stoicescu, and Seong-Jin Kim) are diploid and fully attributable.  
- A Huffington Post profile of Marcin Jakubowski (linked by kanzure) highlights open-source hardware and the “Global Village Construction Set,” aligning with the channel’s interest in distributed manufacturing and post-scarcity economics.  
- Lukas_ reported strong faculty and student enthusiasm for launching an iGEM team at his university, illustrating grassroots expansion of synthetic-biology competitions into new academic institutions.  
- Werel asked for practical guidance on post-cultivation processing of algae into biofuel, prompting discussion of the chemical steps between bioreactor growth and final fuel products, and a pointer to the #reprap channel for broader open-manufacturing expertise.  
- strages announced an upcoming open-manufacturing meetup, continuing the channel’s tradition of local, face-to-face collaboration around 3-D printing, CNC, and related DIY fabrication technologies.  
- delinquentme clarified basic microbiology technique—whether antibiotic-marked bacteria can be cultured in liquid medium rather than on agar plates—underscoring the list’s role as a real-time help resource for wet-lab newcomers.