Global Biolab Map
The Biolab Atlas is a comprehensive map showcasing community biotech, DIYbio, and open science labs globally. It categorizes labs based on their activity status, including active, unverified, dormant, and dead. The map is continuously updated through community submissions and verification processes.
- ▪The Biolab Atlas features a living map of various biotech and open science labs worldwide.
- ▪Labs are classified into different activity statuses based on recent verification efforts.
- ▪Community contributions are encouraged to keep the data accurate and up-to-date.
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| Original publisher | Netlify |
| Canonical URL | https://global-biolab-atlas.netlify.app/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 20 May 2026 23:09:32 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-20T23:35:03.124Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-20T23:35:03.124Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | YgNQUHBWAfgy |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
Rights status (four layers)
WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
// The Biolab Atlas A living map of community biotech, DIYbio, and open science labs worldwide. Sources ▸ HTGAA global nodes (MIT Media Lab) ▸ DIYbio.org local labs list ▸ DIYbiosphere curated lab repository ▸ Biopunk Lab global map ▸ Community submissions ▸ Web research for labs opened 2023+ Legend — Source DIYbio / general community lab HTGAA node Community-submitted Legend — Activity Status ● Active — verified activity since 2023 ◌ Unverified — could not confirm status (often FB/Google Groups) ⬡ Dormant — last activity pre-2023 but site/org still extant ✕ Dead — 404, hijacked domain, or removed group Notes Activity statuses come from a May 2026 verification pass: ~40 labs were individually checked via web fetch + search; remaining labs were classified by URL-pattern heuristics.
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Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Netlify.