#OPENBIOTECH

A new week, a new episode! In this one I’m showing you how to get in jail as a biohacker. Yep, that’s right. I give you a demo of an exciting glow-in-the-dark beer experiment which you can only do with a permit (I did the experiment at the University of Delft).
Also, I spoke to biohackers from Germany and asked about their experiences with European regulations. Thank you for the input guys. Please keep sending in all the questions and feedback to [e-mail]. Or let me know in the comments.
INTERESTING LINKS:
Here you can order the CRISPR kit
www.the-odin.co...
Want to make your own glow-in-the-dark beer?
www.the-odin.co...
The German Biohackers:
www.biotop-heid...

[@Zheartbreaker]

It worked! I'm writing this from jail :D

[@cristiansoare8456]

first 30 seconds of the video i see a fluorescent beer. subscribed

[@R9dyhQ.RDPD99yF0gDmSZqC]

Would love to see a compiled list of applicable laws and regulations to comply with.

[@Folkiesalto]

Interesting video Pieter, good luck!

[@pietervanboheemen]

Thanks for the support Folkert. Any recommendations for EU policy you might want to share? Where would you like to take the next vlog if you were me?

[@Folkiesalto]

As a former Life Science & Technology student you should definitely also visit Leiden and its Bio Science Park! ;)

[@mat_name_whatever]

Wait you can go to jail for growing fungi in your fridge? Under what law?

[@williamwimbourne856]

When some has the skill to make glow in the dark beer, in a lab in Amsterdam, you realise you are in the presence of genius!🤘no further sales required...I'm subscribe to the channel 😄❤ 🇬🇧

[@darkquaesar2460]

What can't you go to jail for anymore?

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Homosexuality. They realized sending gay people to prison was a little counter-productive.

[@astrovicis]

Guys check out Matryx!! It's a blockchain platform for democratizing all of science!!

[@astronemir]

I wish you would come back man.

[@patrickjohnson9562]

I concur with the comment below me. I also subscribed.

[@ukitel]

The technical report they are referring to is this one:
www.bvl.bund.de/DE/06_Gentechnik/04_Fachmeldungen/2016/2016_04_07_Fa_neue_Zuechtungsverfahren.html?nn=1644534
I translated a paragraph: "The BVL, by a decision of 5 February 2015, has determined that the use of these new breeding techniques methods, such as the oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis (OGM) [CRISPR falls in this category], is not subject to genetic engineering law and rapeseeds, which has been modified by a point mutation via this method, are not a genetically modified Organism in the sense of the Genetic Engineering Act (technical report 3 June 2015)."
According to the law, techniques like chemical/radiation mutagenesis are not considered to produce genetically modified organisms. The idea behind is that if the mutation caused by CRISPR can be obtained by these methods, then the plant produced using it is not considered a GMO and it is not subjected to the Genetic Engineering Act (GenTG).
I suspect this was a move to allow cultivation of clearfield oilseed rape in Germany and bypassing the ban on GMOs (since such modified rapeseeds are mentioned in the document). However, the same principle could be applied to the CRISPR kits: they produce a point mutation that causes a single aminoacid change to rescue antibiotic resistance in the bacteria strain provided.
This would mean that the usage of the CRISPR kit doesn't fall under the GenTG.
However, I imagine that the BiostoffVerordnung, regulating the handling of biological material, would still apply.

[@timothyclark9586]

Would this be illegal in the uk too? I mean were still in the EU?

[@MichaelWilliams-mn7wf]

Governments need to be regulated.

[@victor-zt8lt]

Put the caption in portuguese brazil please

[@tre14321]

lol, why wouldn't CRISPR count as genetic modification? I'm currently in a genetic ethics course, and we often talk about how few regulations we have here in the US on gene modification. I was never aware that Europe had already begun making laws on the matter.

[@astronemir]

Europe didn't have effective laws, they just have blanket bans.

[@7Earthsky]

So fucking glad we have now left the E.U.....Regards from the U.K.....P.s.....I voted LEAVE.

[@MsJooy]

Nigga I'm gonna make an private army of generically modified gorrilas that are same size with a polar bear,with ability to fly and fucking heal themselves from any damage,fuck they gone do to me ,ima god with that kit,its going down Bobby hold up mayne

[@sapphier0soldier]

It's way past time to get rid of the EU.