I'm such a proud dog dad!!! Coco is the reason I love dogs. I have dog mama Joana Ortiz to thank for introducing us. And I attest to every word... she went into full squat mode in the middle of a busy driveway. I was tugging at her leash because we were legit blocking traffic 😂

Excited to host Foresight Institute Molecular Machines Workshop IndieBio this wknd in SF. Chaired by Will Shih, Adam Marblestone, and Ben Reinhardt. Presentations from Christian Schafmeister Bret Victor Basile Wicky K Eric Drexler Chris Wintersinger Stephane Redon & more: foresight.org/molecular-work…

Fascinating take by Tsung Xu about how innovative materials made their way into incredible consumer products. Such history is easily overlooked. I wonder what the next nylon will be?

New performance materials are coming. Many are biomanufactured and some are scaling very fast. Their superior properties have enormous potential to improve a vast range of products. tsungxu.com/performance-bi…

I really enjoyed writing this piece on nanotechnology. Thanks to the team at Works in Progress for the opportunity. And now I have to go read the rest of the issue. There goes my morning! worksinprogress.co/issue/nanotech…

Full post: experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/the-rise-and…

Also, thanks to Wyss Institute for preparing this press release about our work!

1/ For the past year, we’ve been building a new research organization: Speculative Technologies (@spec__tech) exists to create an abundant, wonder-filled future by unlocking powerful materials and manufacturing technologies that don’t have a home in other institutions.

Proud to be serving as a program manager with Ben Reinhardt to move his vision for a new way of discovering and inventing things forward!

Have you experience with multifunctional protein biologics like multispecifics antibodies, therapeutic fusion proteins, etc? If so, I'd love to talk. DMs are open or shoot an email to chris[at]spec.tech

This is an amazing opportunity for anyone wishing to join us and push the boundaries of new tech at Speculative Technologies. Applications are open for a couple more weeks and I encourage you to apply if you're looking for something totally unique!

Geometrically standardized features give LEGO blocks their ability to be intuitively assembled into structures. Here we show that designed proteins can be made to a similar standard, enabling useful features in nanomaterials such as scalable size: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to share Nabla Bio is partnering with 3 of the world’s largest pharma cos to use integrated AI and wet-lab tech to design antibodies against challenging disease targets. Thrilled to also add Radical Ventures who led our $26M Series A to the family! bit.ly/4dDk4lP

The potential of bio- and nanotech is enormous. Sufficient progress could stop aging, diminish age-related diseases like cancer and heart disease, and extend healthy lives. Molecular nanotechnology could help heal the biosphere, create an abundant economy, and facilitate