Keoni Gandall is currently a student at Edison High School as well as an active member of the DIYbio community. Over the past two years, he has worked in the liulab at UCI with in vivo directed evolution systems, at LA Biohackers as a main contributor to their iGEM project, and at home doing independent research & development. In 2013, he won first place at the Broadcom Masters national science fair for creating an Archaea plasmid using his home lab. This is his second year at DEF CON and he is still here to learn, but he is even more excited to share the basics of genetic engineering with the larger hacker community. Keoni is dedicated to the practical development of new biological technologies in the 21st century.

Genetic engineering - Genetically modifying organisms for fun and profit Find out how genetically modified organisms are created. This talk for will focus introducing the basics of DIY genetic engineering for the uninitiated. With the knowledge provided in this talk, you can get started on the path to doing citizen science and maybe even making the next great scientific breakthrough (with a lot dedication, discipline, and focus). Learn how a protein that's part a bacterial immune system can be used to edit an organism genes. Find out how a the equivalent of Denial of Service attacks are used to smuggle DNA into yeast cells. Get info on what equipment is needed to get started in the emerging field of synthetic biology.