Reclone Symposium 6.0 - Building Scientific Communities through Open Science Research: Education, Communication, and Collaboration - October 11, 2023

Start Time (UTC) Session Speaker(s)
13:00 Welcome Reclone Symposium Steering Committee
13:10 Panel Session and Q&As with Scientific Community Builders:
Scientific Communities Around the World
Reina Reyes - Co-Founder of the Pinoy Scientists platform, that helps showcase the lives of scientists from the Philippines, foster connections with fellow scientists, and helps them develop communication skills.

Yo Yehudi - Co-Founder and Executive Director of Open Life Science a non-profit mentoring and training company dedicated to building a global network of open research ambassadors.

Scott Pownall - Co-Founder and President of Open Science Network a non-profit with the goal of bringing science to the people, at their community lab in Vancouver, Canada.
14:00 Break
14:10 Breakout Sessions: Building an Open Ecosystem for Equitable Biotechnology
(Opt into a session of your choice, with the chance to switch rooms midway)
  1. Learn about the Open DNA Collections
    (Bio-reagents and Wetware)
  2. Developing Open Hardware
  3. Get into Open Software
  4. Open Science Applications
    (from Education to Entrepreneurship)
  5. All about Communities and Clear Communications
  6. Get Networking
Hosted and facilitated by:
- Andre Maia Chagas - Scientific Officer and Lecturer in Open Science & Bioengineering (Neuroscience) at University of Sussex
- Fernán Federici - Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and in the Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas - Professor in Microfluidic Engineering in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University
- Fran Quero - DNA Detective and GOSH Community member
- Yo Yehudi - Co-Founder and Executive Director of Open Life Science
- Jenny Molloy - Group Leader of the Open Bioeconomy Lab at the University of Cambridge, and and of Biomanufacturing at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, and Reclone Founder
- Yan-Kay Ho - Project Manager at the Open Bioeconomy Lab and Reclone Community Manager
- Cibele Zolnier - iGEM Community Coordinator and Reclone Community Coordinator
- Youzi Bi - Reclone Community Coordinator
- Romina Russi & Deigo del Balzo - Reclone Fellows, Argentina
- Prince Samoh - Reclone Fellows, Ghana
- Aaron Macauyag & Moi Relles - Reclone Fellows, the Philippines
15:10 Breakout Sessions Summary Rapporteurs from each Breakout Session room
15:20 Break
15:30 Keynote Session
Lou Woodley - Founder and Director of CSCCE (Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement)

Vinoo Selvarajah - Vice President of Technology, in the Executive Team at the iGEM Foundation
16:40 Closing Remarks Reclone Symposium Steering Committee
16:45 Networking/Social Session
(The virtual rooms will stay open until 17:30 but feel free to continue connecting with one another via the Reclone Forum.)

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Session Speaker
Welcome
Policy and advocacy for local manufacturing and diagnostics: a scientist perspective Dr Jenny Molloy, University of Cambridge
Lightning Presentations
Speakers from the Reclone Community
Breakout Option 1: Creative strategies for advocating for access to medicines on university campuses Merith Basey, Executive Director, North America Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
Breakout Option 2: Advocating for global health policy that promotes local manufacturing Sharonann Lynch, Senior Scholar, Global Health Policy & Politics Initiative, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University & Senior Visiting Fellow, Yale Global Health Justice Partnership
Post Breakout reflection
Break
Mechanisms for funding and supporting local production of diagnostics: experiences from Latin America

Gabriela Delgado, Deputy director of the Public Health Laboratory - Bogotá Health Secretariat (Secretaría de Salud de Bogotá)

Marcela Mercado, Director of Public Health Research at the National Institute of Health in Colombia

Natalia Meza, Bio-business Specialist - BIOFIN, UNDP

Closing Remarks
Regional Networking Africa, Asia & Latin America

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Session Speaker
Welcome
Policy and advocacy for local manufacturing and diagnostics: a scientist perspective Dr Jenny Molloy, University of Cambridge
Lightning Presentations
Speakers from the Reclone Community
Breakout Option 1: Creative strategies for advocating for access to medicines on university campuses Merith Basey, Executive Director, North America Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
Breakout Option 2: Advocating for global health policy that promotes local manufacturing Sharonann Lynch, Senior Scholar, Global Health Policy & Politics Initiative, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University & Senior Visiting Fellow, Yale Global Health Justice Partnership
Post Breakout reflection
Break
Mechanisms for funding and supporting local production of diagnostics: experiences from Latin America

Gabriela Delgado, Deputy director of the Public Health Laboratory - Bogotá Health Secretariat (Secretaría de Salud de Bogotá)

Marcela Mercado, Director of Public Health Research at the National Institute of Health in Colombia

Natalia Meza, Bio-business Specialist - BIOFIN, UNDP

Closing Remarks
Regional Networking Africa, Asia & Latin America

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Session Speaker
Virtual room opens
Opening Remarks Kayla
Developing In-house RPA and its Applications in CRISPR Diagnostics, specifically SARS-CoV-2 Dr Aimorn Homchan, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Thailand
Q&A
Lightning Presentations
Multiple Speakers
FarmaCoop’s history as a recovered pharmaceutical laboratory and their challenges in manufacturing SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests
Bruno Di Mauro, as president of Farmacoop, and Biotechnologist Luciano Brum
Q&A
Formal Closing Jenny
Breakout Rooms Open
Room 1: Sharing Best Practices for RPA Smitha Hedge
Room 2: What’s the best RT Adam Roberts
Room 3: Top Tips for Sharing Protocols Fernan Federici
Room 4: Show & Tell: Diagnostic Hardware Chinna Devarapu
Meeting Closes
Online room will be open for continued discussion

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Speaker Session
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Ricardo Chavez, Scintia, Mexico ViroDet: a community effort on COVID-19 diagnostics for Mexico and Latin America
Cassi Henderson, University of Cambridge, UK Scaling up local manufacturing of reagents
Alejandro Nadra, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Advances by ReClone Argentina
Thomas Graham, UC Berkeley, USA BEARMix - open-source master mix for 1-step RT-qPCR
Nadine Mowoh, MboaLab, Cameroon Quality Management Systems for enzyme production in Cameroon
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