For more information on the proposal, their proposal can be found here

Overall the presentation went well. All the members did a great job on explaining their proposal. Their idea is a good step in solidifying the concreteness of the DIY Biology ethics blogs, which will help set concrete ethical guidelines for DIY Biologists. There is more that can be done to achieve the goal. On top of emailing the administrators of the blogs, creating a blog post about the suggested format for posting in the blog would raise more awareness for the blogs’ users about the problem of not have more concrete guidelines. Furthermore, it would be very beneficial to gain support from well-respected people in the Biology community who could also help set these ethical standards. Therefore emailing such people is another smart action to take.

Another potential step to take is contacting the DIY Biology websites that give the procedures for experiments. Raise more awareness about the ethics when approaching an experiment by suggesting to the administrators of these websites to set up links to ethics blogs. Especially for newcomers, the excitement of starting a DIY Biology experiment might overshadow the importance of the ethical guidelines to follow.