Biopunk started in San Francisco and it's built to spread. Here's the crew running it, the tribunal that judges it, the partners fueling it — and the global network of community labs that could host the next edition.
The organizers behind the San Francisco editions — a mix of scientists, builders, and community-lab operators working out of Frontier Tower.
Drives the Biopunk Community and the hackathon series; host across the SF editions.
Co-organized the 10-day June 2025 Biopunk Hackathon.
Organized the AI × Biology × Art hackathon on ECM imaging for aging; runs BioBitWorks.
Organized the DeSci buildathon at the intersection of synbio, web3, and open science.
Co-organized the DeSci edition; neuro/open-science community builder.
The community BSL-1 lab network (with Cellsius) providing the bench, the gear, and the safety backbone.
The ones who decide if your experiment deserves to evolve. Judges from the 2026 Human Enhancement edition — founders and investors from the frontier of biotech.
Lab-grown blood platelets.
Reading cellular broadcasts.
Angel investor & double world-record holder.
Hosts the AccBio.xyz podcast.
To take Biopunk worldwide you need labs and organizers. These are independent leaders in the community-bio movement whose work aligns with the mission — listed as an outreach map, not as confirmed partners. Two hubs unlock dozens of hosts at once:
Founded the annual gathering of the world's community biolabs, 100+ countries — the best single node to recruit wet-lab hosts globally.
Co-founded the student-run biotech founder network — 900+ trainees, 20+ chapters worldwide. A ready-made organizing engine.
Runs the world's first community biotech lab (NYC).
Community-biotech pioneer; hands-on biotech for all.
Founded MIT's BioMakerspace; runs a bio accelerator.
Founded France's largest biohackerspace + a global open-science platform.
Built an EPFL-adjacent DIYbio lab for open research.
Open-source enzymes & hardware for distributed biomanufacturing.
Australia's first open-access community bio lab.
Japan's leading open biolab; hands-on educator.
Built Africa's first synbio community (400+ scientists).
Open reagent/enzyme toolkits across 13 LatAm countries.
// full contact-ready list, sources & outreach sequence live in the separate outreach doc.
Real Biopunk partners, plus the mature biotech in-kind roster that makes "free to enter, get paid to win" possible.
// biotech in-kind names are illustrative targets based on public sponsorship/education programs.
Give DNA, reagents, sequencing, compute, or equipment time — meet the builders first.
Founders, PIs, operators: give a shift on demo day or hold office hours during the week.
Drop your email and where you are. We'll follow up with a lab lead, a starter sponsor list, and the founding-host network.
// prototype form · connect to your own list before launch