- A Bay-Area Biohacking Meetup group (meetup.com/Bay-Area-Biohacking) and a “what would you want in a biohacking store?” thread on biohack.me were shared as resources for growing the DIY-bio community.  
- A Manchester Science Festival 2012 DIY-bio feature (h-online.com) was circulated to highlight public-facing open-science demonstrations.  
- Discussion of glycogen metabolism clarified that its very high molecular weight and low solubility minimize osmotic pressure, making it an efficient glucose-storage polymer; concepts of molarity, molality, and activity coefficients were debated.  
- The disaccharide trehalose was noted for its protective role against dehydration in organisms, prompting interest in its cryobiological applications.  
- A member is self-studying biochemistry from Wikipedia and open papers with an explicit focus on advancing cryonics knowledge.  
- A practical experiment was announced: testing cheap eBay urine dipsticks on healthy dogs to validate their diagnostic accuracy, with a refractometer still being sought for follow-up measurements.  
- A tongue-in-cheek proposal to brew and market beer cultured from vaginal yeast sparked jokes about “superbacon” and the ethics of novelty microbrews.