Corinne Okada Takara

Grateful for the opportunity to reflect on my @Ginkgo Creative Residency and thoughts on future bio conversation spaces: ginkgobioworks.com/2023/04/14/ref…

U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan leads the National Archives, which oversees billions of government documents, photos, & records. But instead of educating the public about WWII incarceration & other dark chapters of American history, Shogan has spent the last year erasing history.

Did you know that over 80% of the lei purchased in Hawaii are imported flowers? The Lei Poinaʻole Project is focused on revitalizing & supporting the lei industry in Hawaiʻi with initial focus on more propagation of native flowers with community access. leipoinaoleproject.org

Latest lab note drop for Pono STEAM kits: experiment.com/u/VXpcQQ Mahalo @JusticeToshiba & @KeoluFox for supporting this journey.

Huge thanks to the staff @nature and Sam Jones for putting this piece together (the art + interviews are world class). Interested in learning more? Please check out @NativeBio for more information 🧬❤️ nature.com/immersive/d415…

Our latest paper @NatureMicrobiol: converting waste into delicious food using fungi. We studied a traditional Indonesian food and discovered a mold domesticated for waste-to-food conversion. Amazing international collab involving scientists, chefs. tinyurl.com/36rzkr57

Check out the abstract from @CorinneTakara for the #RBiotechnologydesign community: Cultivating Biodesigners: Integrating Local Biology, Culture, and Place-Based Design in Education bit.ly/4dsIvSF #biotech #biotechnology #design

Today I’m so excited to launch The Biocreative Index, a directory of people working at the intersection of biology and creative disciplines. Want to join the index, be connected to our community, or contribute a resource? Head over to our website for more: biocreativeindex.com

Designing rotating LEGO landscapes for upcoming Floating Future Gardens community events. Anyone know where to get a single 12ft tall x 2ft blank sonotube in LA? (Images: digital concept sketch & photo of a past scultpural piece that is informing this current one)

Mo’o Shapeshifter, of the Pono STEAM kit, an accessible activity storytelling passive fluid flow at a range of scales: from millifluidic lab on a chip (for use as environmental sensors) to the innovative Hawaiian land management systems of the ahupua’a. experiment.com/u/yMd6tg

We are excited to bring ‘ĀinaQuest to life in a multigenerational prototyping gameplay event at Native Books, Honolulu. We'll gather feedback on card design features & grow conversations centered in Hawaiian plant mo'olelo & the ahupua'a system. Lab note: experiment.com/u/oWKmOA

This article highlights how settler colonialism has impacted Yaqui homelands & how understanding soil health is important to address issues like soil salinization, agrochemicals & waste runoff negatively impact environmental and cultural health news.mongabay.com/2024/07/loss-o…

Great Purple Prize launch event last night: “Designing for People & ʻĀina, informed by People & ʻĀina” 🚀 Our mission is to develop community serving, tech-enabled solutions rooted in decolonial thinking as we seed an ecosystem of innovators to build a sovereign Hawaiʻi economy.

The Ohio Mushroom DNA Lab is offering free DNA barcoding for any wild collected fungus, found anywhere in the world. They need to be dried and packaged in ziplock snack sized bags, labeled with the iNaturalist observation # docs.google.com/document/d/1Kz…

The inaugural Eahou Fest will serve as a vibrant celebration of the rich mo’olelo of Mōʻiliʻili & aims to spark conversations around developing a circular, regenerative, and self-sufficient Hawai’i economy.

A place-based microbial color palette! @TimSDobbs envisions living colors grown from SF Bay Area microbial strains cultured from bay diatoms, sourdough bread yeast, filamentous bacteria nestled among redwood tree roots, & heat loving bacteria growing on Berkeley solar panels

Mahalo nui loa to all who supported this experiment campaign. This project is centered on increasing community interest in & relationships with Hawaiian plants through interactive gameplay & cultural mo'olelo storytelling. Mahalo to grant manager @KeoluFox!

WOW! We are almost there! Please support and help bring this project to life! 10 hours left and 94% of the way there! experiment.com/projects/how-c…

Our first lab note! experiment.com/u/LL0Ufg consider supporting & sharing out! This is a collaboration with @TimSDobbs &Danny Chan. It is a BioArtBot exploration using @opentrons & local fermented food microbes to grow place-based living color palettes to create art.

I was very grateful for the opportunity to share and experience the day with you all. It was very inspiring! Wonderful to finally meet you in person!

Little kalo shouting from the deck that we have another week to bring ‘ĀinaQuest to life with funding! Please share out and consider supporting this community game that uplifts Hawaiian plant knowledge & moʻolelo story sharing: experiment.com/projects/how-c…