- Surplus Affymetrix GeneChip Mouse Genome 430 2.0 arrays were acquired for experimentation, with plans to collect human Genome-Wide Human SNP 6.0 arrays; participants noted that Affymetrix’s human chip covers fewer than 1 million SNPs and is losing market share to Illumina.

- Cryobiology advances discussed include wood frogs surviving –20 °C by flooding tissues with glucose and urea, mammalian brains tolerating 60 % ice without memory loss, and Brian Wowk’s demonstration of 5 °C min⁻¹ cooling in dogs using fluorocarbon perfusion plus 500 psi hyperbaric gas; Mike Darwin’s biopreservation archive and biography were shared as reference material.

- Open-source lab-automation debate centered on using LinuxCNC-based robots and G-code generation for biology, with critiques of RepRap-centric tools like OctoPrint and Pronterface; a 2-D G-code generator for laser-cut lab parts was offered, and bulk Epson 1430 inkjet heads from China were sourced for DNA microarray printing with bladder-ink systems and argon-flushed reagent bottles.

- Cognitive-enhancement ideas included a New Scientist article on light-induced cellular “turbocharging” for wound healing as a potential nootropic avenue and intranasal insulin as a possible Alzheimer’s therapy.

- A directed-evolution strategy for cryonics was proposed: breed organisms that survive low-temperature storage and trigger genetic “cleanup and resuscitation” programs upon thawing, starting with cooling organs to just-above-freezing, selecting individuals showing effective repair pathways, and eventually applying findings to human cryonics; hibernation/torpor research was highlighted as a parallel path for understanding metabolic switches that could yield rapid, low-side-effect obesity treatments.