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 Link zu [den Biographien](?id=olga:biotec:peoplebios.md)
+Link zu [SocialMediaStuff](?id=olga:biotec:socialmedia.md)
+##Google Plus Description (Hip-test for g+)
+>Whether you work in a big comercial lab, at university or in an OpenBioLab. If you work with DNA, you have experienced the gruesome and often costly delays between the time when you order your just designed sequence and the time when it actually arrives in the post. Many months have passed in which labs yearn to get on with their research, while your synthesis provider of choice tread his or her shoes.
+Project Kilobaser aims to bring DNA Synthesis to your lab bench. In the form of a small, cost-effective and fully automated DNA Prototyper. Print your DNA right where you need it, in your lab. Then get on with your project. Incorporate your results into your research tomorrow, not two months in the future.
 ##Rapid DNA Prototyper
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 Affordable, easy to use DNA synthesizer in developement
-CORK, Ireland, June 02, 2014:  Austrian engineering company Briefcase Biotec received funding from SOSventures and is accepted into prestigious new program SynBio Axlr8r. From the end of april until  september ,  the team, supported by experts of Synbio Axlr8r will develop their  product KiloBaser, a rapid DNA prototyper. The program is based at the University College of Cork in Ireland.
+CORK, Ireland, June 02, 2014:  Austrian engineering company Briefcase Biotec received funding from SOSventures and is accepted into the prestigious new startup accelerator SynBio Axlr8r. From the end of april to september, the team supported by experts of Synbio Axlr8r will develop their  product "KiloBaser", a rapid DNA prototyper. The program is based at the University College of Cork in Ireland.
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-The goal  is to create an cost effective DNA Synthesizer, or rapid prototyper, which will enable startups and small companys to gain a foothold in the biotechnology market. A huge problem of biotechnology companies are the long delays associated with ordering DNA and their  dependency on slow moving DNA synthesis companies. „KiloBaser“, which is based on magn1etic and microfluidic technology, aims to solve that problem by bringing DNA synthesis available  the lab bench, where it is actually needed
+The goal  is to create a cost effective DNA Synthesizer, or rapid prototyper, which will enable startups and small companys to gain a foothold in the biotechnology market. A huge problem for biotechnology companies are the long delays associated with ordering DNA and their  dependency on slow moving DNA synthesis companies. "KiloBaser“, which is based on magn1etic and microfluidic technology, aims to solve that problem by bringing DNA synthesis to the lab bench, where it is actually needed
 You can find out more at their website http://kilobaser.com/.
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 ## Interview O'Reilly BioCoder
 . Who is on your team? What are your backgrounds? How did you meet?
-> It all started about three years ago when I was sick of the lack of freedom at our university (I was studying molecular biology) and in the education system in general. I'd rather work on real projects than learn massive amounts of theory, so I decided to develop my own bioreactor. Two friends joined to complete our skillset: Bernhard Tittelbach, who is our hardware programmer & electronics engineer, and Martin Jost, a a software programmer and a classmate of mine in molecular biology. We were working at the local hardware hackerspace 'realraum' in Graz, Austria. There we came up with the idea to create a hackerspace, but for us biologists! So Martin and I founded 'Olga' (Open Biolab Graz Austria). Well we didn't know at the time that other biohackerspaces even existed. Our recent project at Synbio Axlr8r evolved out of our work at Olga on the bioreactor and after an enlightening meeting at Berlin with biohacker Rüdiger Trojok.
+> We're four biohackers and makers from hackerspace realraum / OpenBioLabGraz in Austria. Martin Jost, Bernhard Tittelbach, Kay Novak and myself: Alexander Murer. Together we have very diverse talents and personalities, but our love to hack, tinker and improve unites us. It all started about three years ago when I was sick of the lack of freedom at our university (I was studying molecular biology) and in the education system in general. I'd rather work on real projects than learn massive amounts of theory, so I decided to develop my own bioreactor. Two friends joined to complete our skill-set: Bernhard Tittelbach, who is our hardware programmer & electronics engineer, and Martin Jost, a a software programmer and a classmate of mine in molecular biology. We were working at the local hardware hackerspace 'realraum' in Graz, Austria. There we came up with the idea to create a second hackerspace, but focused on biologists! So Martin and I founded 'OLGA' (Open Biolab Graz Austria). Only later, did we find out that other biohackerspaces even existed. Our recent project at SynBio Axlr8r evolved out of our work at OLGA on the bioreactor and after an enlightening meeting in Berlin with biohacker Rüdiger Trojok.
 . What is your axlr8r project, why are you doing it, and what’s the potential impact?
-> Rapid DNA prototyper. Everyone who works in a lab probably knows what it means to have delays of days, weeks or even months waiting for your outsourced DNA service to synthesize the DNA you urgently need. We want to bring DNA synthesis back to the lab bench with our desktop synthesizer called 'Kilobaser', which will be easy, affordable and open-source. It is based on microfluidic and magnetic technology. It's also important for us to provide the DIYBio community with an independent way to produce their DNA, instead of relying on the good will of big companies.
+> We're building a Rapid DNA prototyper called KiloBaser. When we started working with Oligonucleotides, we first encountered the delays associated with ordering DNA. That frustrated us. Everyone just accepts things as they are, but for us, this frustration was new. So we looked into ways to shorten research iterations. After thinking about it and talking with people, we finally came up with a way to synthesize DNA much quicker and potentially cheaper that it is done today. The axlr8r program gave us the opportunity to quickly put our ideas into practice. So now we're building our own DNA Synthesizer based on microfluidic and magnetic technology. It's also important for us to provide the DIYBio community with an independent way to produce their DNA, instead of relying on the good will of big companies. So we want the device to be both affordable and accessible. The idea is that it will fit on your lab-bench and stays dedicated to your project, creates your Oligos right where they are needed, in your lab.
 . Wildcard 1 - tell the readers something interesting and relevant that does not fit within the questions above.
-> Even though it's a lot of work, we are having a great time here at Synbio Axlr8r in Ireland! It's amazing to meet all this teams from around the world, biohackers & entrepreneurs, who get things going in their very own way.
+> In order to be able to realize our project and take part in the SynBio Axlr8r, it was required that we relocate to Cork, Irleand for the summer.
+The preparation for that was a very hectic and fun time. Non the less so, because each of us had other commitments, like jobs or university. Additionally, we had just recently merged both realraum and OpenBioLabGraz into one new big Bio/Hardware Hacker- and Makerspace. With our team making up more than two thirds of the new space's board and core team, a lot of work went into making sure everything could run smoothly in our absence.
-. Wildcard 2 - tell the readers something interesting and relevant that does not fit within the questions above.
+Besides all that, a growing concern were our living accommodations in Cork. As long as students were still having exams there, it seemed as if no reasonable-priced short-term housing was to be had. Certainly nothing for just three months. Finally, we betted on our chances of finding something, being better if we were actually here. So, being thrifty, we booked our flights early and after a few frantic days of searching we lucked out. We found a small house that we could rent from May on. The previous tenants ran it down in such a way, it had to be partially refurbished. Basically the landlord was happy to find someone willing to take it and we moved in with the paint barely dry and the place still being mostly a mess. Think overgrown unintentional mildew experiments hiding the dishes in the cupboards and stuff better not described still hiding in dark corners.
-> When we came to Cork and Ireland for the Accelerator, we had been informed
-of no schedule, no address to go, no information about available tools,
-labspace or workshops and basically knew nothing apart from “just find a
-place to live for now. No problem”. After a day or two we finally got to
-meet the great people at SOSventures and got access to some deskspace.
->
-> Establishing ourselves in Cork however, turned out to be a much larger
-problem than anticipated. As long as students were still having exams, it
-seemed as if there was absolutely no short-term housing to be had. After a
-week of searching we grew pretty desperate. It was a pretty hectic and
-frustrating start.
->
-> In the end though, we lucked out. We found a small house that would we could
-rent short-term from May on, since the previous tenants ran it down in such
-a way that they had to be thrown out and the place partially refurbished.
-Basically the landlord was happy to find someone willing to take it and we
-moved in with the paint barely dry and moldy dirty dishes still in the cupboard.
->
 > After some (read “lot's of”) work, everything turned out great, however.
 Team muufri moved in with us and jokingly coined the name “Castle Austria”,
 which stuck. We are now close to the lab, have a usable garden with a grill,
-host barbecues for the other teams and even managed to convert one of the
+can host barbecues for all the fantastic people we met here and even managed to convert one of the
-rooms into a small workshop, so that we may actually do some hardware
+rooms into an additional small workshop.
-prototyping in Cork or just hack on throughout the night when the lab is
-closed.

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