Educator and scientist Gert Grobler (left) chatting with team members Mike Yeung and Maria Li at the Yau Tong office of DIYBio, a community of do-it-yourself scientists. Photo: K.Y ChengEducator and scientist Gert Grobler (left) chatting with team members Mike Yeung and Maria Li at the Yau Tong office of DIYBio, a community of do-it-yourself scientists. Photo: K.Y Cheng
Educator and scientist Gert Grobler (left) chatting with team members Mike Yeung and Maria Li at the Yau Tong office of DIYBio, a community of do-it-yourself scientists. Photo: K.Y Cheng
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Biohackers: the DIY biologists out to barcode all Hong Kong’s plants, insects and animals

How can you conserve things if you don’t know what is out there and where, asks scientist Gert Grobler, leader of a group aiming to sequence the genes of every living thing in city and possibly find new species

Tessa Chan
Tessa Chan

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Educator and scientist Gert Grobler (left) chatting with team members Mike Yeung and Maria Li at the Yau Tong office of DIYBio, a community of do-it-yourself scientists. Photo: K.Y ChengEducator and scientist Gert Grobler (left) chatting with team members Mike Yeung and Maria Li at the Yau Tong office of DIYBio, a community of do-it-yourself scientists. Photo: K.Y Cheng
Educator and scientist Gert Grobler (left) chatting with team members Mike Yeung and Maria Li at the Yau Tong office of DIYBio, a community of do-it-yourself scientists. Photo: K.Y Cheng
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