BioQuisitive

🧪 BioQ is taking a short break!

Our lab will be closed for the month of November. We’ll be back soon, ready for more science and community projects. 💙

🔬🌊 Compound: Algae-powered Innovation

Last week, Compound, one of the emerging startups based at BioQuisitive, hosted an exhibition showcasing their work on micro & macro algae and how these organisms can be transformed into sustainable materials for industry. From biodegradable packaging to algae-derived fertilizers and biofuels, they’re reimagining how biology can solve climate and waste challenges.

It was amazing to see the creativity, curiosity, and collaboration driving this project and how nature continues to shape the future of design. Huge congrats to the Compound team for an incredible showcase! 💙

📸 Swipe to see highlights from the event.

🔗 Learn more at cmpnd.cc

What a week for BioQuisitive! 🎉

Our team proudly presented our PFAS Biosensor at the Australian Synthetic Biology Challenge (ASBC), tackling one of the world’s most persistent environmental threats: “forever chemicals.”

As the only community-led organisation competing among universities across Australia, we’re incredibly proud to have showcased what citizen science can achieve when curiosity meets collaboration!

A huge thank you to our mentors, volunteers, and the entire BioQ community for your support throughout this journey. Your passion and teamwork brought this project to life from idea to the ASBC stage.

Congratulations to all the winners and participating teams for their inspiring work! It’s incredible to see such creativity and innovation driving the future of synthetic biology in Australia❤️

This is just the beginning for our biosensor work, and we can’t wait to keep pushing the boundaries of community-led biotechnology☺️

📸 Swipe to see some moments from the competition!

Inside the Lab: PFAS Biosensor

We sat down with two of the scientists leading BioQuisitive’s submission to the Australian Synthetic Biology Challenge (ASBC) to talk about their work on a biosensor for PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that persist in our environment and threaten human and ecosystem health. 🌍💧

BioQuisitive is proud to be the only community-led organisation competing in ASBC this year, standing shoulder to shoulder with universities across Australia and proving what citizen science can achieve. 💙

Watch as our team shares what makes PFAS such an urgent challenge, how the biosensor works, and why community-led projects like this matter.

📸 Big thanks to our volunteers, mentors, and community for making this possible. Stay tuned, this is just the beginning!

What a week!

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our National Science Week CSI:eDNA-Solving Eco-Crimes with Environmental DNA activity with corymbiaecowork From soil and water samples to traces of DNA left behind, you all became detectives for the day and made science come alive in the most exciting way!

It was amazing to see the lab buzzing with curious minds of all ages, exactly what BioQuisitive is all about: making science hands-on, accessible, and fun for the community. 💙

Stay tuned as more community science workshops and events are on the way!

📸 Swipe to see some highlights from the day.

🔬 CSI for the Environment? You heard right. 🌿

This National Science Week, step into the world of forensic ecology at our immersive, hands-on workshop series this weekend!

🔎 CSI: eDNA – Solving Eco-Crimes with Environmental DNA

📍 Brunswick, VIC
🎟️ Free to attend – bookings essential
👉 Register now: https://www.scienceweek.net.au/event/csi-edna-solving-eco-crimes-with-environmental-dna/brunswick/

Join us and uncover the invisible evidence nature leaves behind. This is science brought to life and you’re the detective 🕵