What do you get when you combine two of my favorite things, synthetic biology and documentary film? We may never know if Sam and George don't get the funding they need on Kickstarter!
I don't usually do this kind of thing, but I met these guys while they were filming in Boston and their movie promises to be really good and really interesting and really educational (and I might even be in it!). You can check out some of their videos from the road on their vimeo page, including this one from the University of Wisconsin iGEM team:
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