Biocurious

BioCurious, a 2,500-square-feet community lab in an office building in Sunnyvale, CA, opened in November as a place where scientists, entrepreneurs and others can meet to conduct biology experiments and innovate on everything from bacteria to thermal cyclers. The facility also offers classes on topics ranging from DNA sequencing to microfluidics.

This is what you might encounter if you were to join a biohacker space such as Biocurious:

"Biotech 101 is part of our Biotech Boot Camp series. Biotechnology 101A (PCR) and 101B (Cloning & Sequencing) will teach you what you need to know to do a small biotech project of your own or introduce you to basic techniques we “lab rats” use during the day!"

 Is this starting to happen in the UK?