Fostering Open Biological Sciences: One Petri Dish at a Time

"But [James] Peyer doesn’t stop at public demonstrations. One of his goals is to foster experimentation and creativity by encouraging open access to the biological sciences. He wants to enable people who may be outside higher education and research institutions a chance to learn, participate and grow the field. His strategy consists of a two-pronged approach: providing open educational platforms and learning modules for students and teachers to use and providing the tools for them to apply their new found knowledge. His tools can be found on otyp and his educational programs can be found on gen.otyp...."