The presentation presents the bio-hack academy experience at Garagem FabLab in São Paulo as a partner lab of the Waag Society. It also presents the implications that bio-hacking can have for enhancing high schools curricula, promoting science democratisation and creativity.

1. B I O - H A C K A C A D E M Y
S Ã O PA U L O 2 0 1 5

2. • How everything started
• What the academy is about
• Looking ahead

4. 1 0 W E E K S H A N D S - O N C O U R S E
BioFactory by Waag Society

6. T H E
I N C U B AT O R
F I R S T W E E K

7. F I R S T
C U LT U R E
M E D I A
A N D
FA I L U R E S !
F I R S T W E E K

8. T H E
M I C R O S C O P E
S E C O N D W E E K

9. E X P L O R I N G
T H E D E TA I L S
S E C O N D W E E K

10. H O M E - M A D E
L E N S E S
R E A L H A C K E R S

11. S T E R I L E H O O D
C E N T R I F U G E
S P E C T R O M E T E R
M O R E M A C H I N E S

12. - G R A M S TA I N I N G
- “ L I V I N G
C E R T I F I C AT E S ”
M O R E T E C H N I Q U E S

13. Why was it so special?

14. If an economist can make it…

15. I N N O VAT I O N
I N B R A Z I L H A S
A H A R D T I M E
N A T I O N A L I S E T H E P R O J E C T

16. G E T T I N G C L O S E R T O S C I E N C E C A N C H A N G E T H E
F U T U R E O F M A N Y S T U D E N T S
High-school students loved it!

17. B I O H A C K I N G
A N D
E D U C AT I O N
L O O K I N G A H E A D

18. T H A N K Y O U !

19. E X P L O R I N G T H E W O R L D O F
B I O H A C K I N G