"BioCoder" is a quarterly newsletter for DIYbio, synthetic bio, and anything related. You'll Articles about interesting projects and experiments, such as the glowing plantArticles about tools, both those you buy and those you buildVisits to DIYbio laboratoriesProfiles of key people in the communityAnnouncements of events and other items of interestSafety pointers and tips about good laboratory practiceAnything that's interesting or you tell us!And "BioCoder" is free (for the time being), unless you want a dead-tree version. We'd like "BioCoder" to become self supporting (maybe even profitable), but we'll worry about that after we've got a few issues under our belt.If you'd like to contribute, send email to BioCoder@oreilly.com. Tell us what you'd like to do, and we'll get you started.
I'm a second year undergrad and the notion that this was free to download and read is a godsend when most of my work involves navigating numerous journal paywalls. Would seriously consider signing up to the rest of these.
As we are inundated daily by the advances in technology the bio industry has been relatively quite. This is a great source for some of the exciting and motivating projects that are currently changing the landscape.