Netflix Labs
In 2019, we have inspired, consulted and equipped the labs in the Netflix Original Series Biohackers.
To make the sets and story as technologically accurate as possible, we brought together an international community of Biotech experts and lab builders from our network.
Location
Munich, DE
Status
Completed
Project highlights
SLA provides an end-to-end service for projects, starting with understanding the workflow of our clients to handing over an operational facility.
Our Involvement
In January 2019, the production team reached out to Jérôme Lutz, who is deeply involved since 2015 in Synthetic Biology Community through his Ted Talk, with SynBio.Info, his Munich meetups as well as the previous lab construction of the [x] Biokitchen in 2018.
Jérôme then involved David Ng, the technical mastermind behind many DIY Biohacking devices, such as the 5$ DNA Replicator and the Arduino based Corona Detector, and Edward Perello, founder of online CRISPR Service Desktop Genetics and globally connected Biotech expert.
After inspiring discussions and expeditions through the Munich Biotech ecosystem, the screenwriters developed the thrilling story. We helped make the story technically as accurate as possible and connected the professional lab industry to create the Lorenz Lab and involved the global Biohackers Community to create Jasper’s Biohackspace in June 2019.
Eventually, in 2020, Jérôme Lutz founded the Smart Lab Architects to turn those cinematic visions into real-world laboratories. The first step is to make labs digital, then automate them and once that’s done, create AI Labs.
The Labs of Biohackers
Movie set for the scenes in
Prof. Lorenz' Private Lab
In the Netflix series Biohackers, Biotech professor Tanja Lorenz is operating a secret private lab in the basement of her mansion. We designed this lab with the goal to build the most futuristic, automated and sexy laboratory one could imagine.
Movie set for the scenes in
Jasper's Biohackspace
Another protagonist of the Netflix series Biohackers, Jasper, has also built a private lab with only modest resources. We reached out to our friends from the biohacking community and got them involved in creating this “Biohackspace”, a place filled with simple, cheap and nonetheless effective DIY lab equipment.y
Movie set for the scenes in
Prof. Lorenz' University Lab
Prof. Lorenz has her own Lorence Excellence Center, where she runs her official studies.
In reality, the labs are located in LMU Biocampus Martinsried in the south of Munich and are used by students and professors for their regular research.
Starring: Luna Wedler, Jessica Schwarz, Adrian Julius TillmannShow Runner, Director and Story by Christian Ditter
Produced by Claussen+Putz in Munich
The Story of Biohackers
A medical student enters a top German university on a secret mission to uncover a conspiracy linking her family tragedy to a visionary biology professor. This fast-paced thriller explores real biohacking practices and modern ethical dilemmas.
Created by Christian Ditter as a “five-minutes-into-the-future” story, it was developed in 2019—just before the pandemic made parts of its plot eerily real.
The Making-of
Watch the metapiece made by Netflix, giving you a glimpse into the world of Biohacking, Synthetic Biology and their potentials.
Featuring the directors and cast of the series as well as comments by scientists from the field.
Our Inspiration to the Creators
What should be in the Lab of the Netlfix Biohacker’s Series? Here is the inspiration video Jérôme shot mid of 2019 in the [x] Biokitchen for the Netflix crew.
The Crew
Our crew inspired and helped the production team to get the sets as close to reality as possible. We helped with each of our expertise throughout the entire process, from the idea and the selection of partners until the way how you use the products at the set.