The democratization of AI and biotech tools is empowering citizen scientists—from garage gardeners to community labs—to experiment with gene expression, microbial monitoring, and plant engineering. Low-cost AI platforms for DNA analysis, open-source lab hardware, and bio-sensor networks mean biology is becoming a DIY movement.
This post explores platforms offering cloud-based CRISPR simulation, low-cost genomic sequencers, and mobile AI labs for environmental testing. It also tackles biosafety, regulation, and ethical concerns about editing outside institutions. As biology becomes programmable and accessible, citizen science may reshape innovation—but also demand new governance.
