Great work by NSCEB. It exemplifies our continued commitment to supporting responsible research through rigorous #biosecurity .

Gene Synthesis Security - Biotech bit.ly/3w2AxPL

My prediction stands: the bioeconomy will surpass the tech economy in impact and scale. I first discussed this at SynBioBeta 2022 and was inspired by the passionate entrepreneurs I met there. This year, the top minds in synthetic biology will gather in San Jose, May 6-9. Don’t…

💯 This is an under appreciated point. Running a lab like a factory (what we call a foundry at @ginkgo) is totally different culturally than a typical biotech. Took us years to get it right.

Notes from Dept. of Agriculture + CDC briefing this morning:
—Transmission cattle-> cattle; cattle-> poultry, asymptomatic cattle positivity all confirmed
—H5N1+ in >30 dairy cattle herds in 8 states confirmed, but commercial milk +PCR testing indicates it's well beyond that
—If it does…

Yep. Will be like when electrical engineering and computer science were able to de-couple and specialize.

Cell engineers shouldn’t have to use pipettes! Should spend time on experimental design and biological understanding. Leave the lab work to the robots 🤖🧬

Reshma Shetty, co-founder of the iGEM Startup Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. is delivering the keynote for OECD Global Forum on Technology's 'Building our Bio future: Policy issues and opportunities for next generation biotechnologies'

Live here:
oecd-events.org/gftech-buildin…

5 Takeaways from Ginkgo Ferment
nathanpaumier.substack.com/p/5-takeaways-…

nice writeup from Nathan Paumier 🙌

ICYMI - last week, we announced 'Lab Data as a Service'.

Let me tell you why this is so cool - and why its a step forward to unlocking AI for bio.

First: AI x bio stands to be transformational. After all, DNA is a language, just like English, and AI can learn to speak it.

time.com/6967625/we-nee…
Biotech is just about to happen at a new and much faster scale !

This week in the SynBioBeta digest: synbiobeta.activehosted.com/index.php?acti…

👉Big news from Ginkgo Bioworks Ferment last week, where CEO Jason Kelly announced a new product that will appeal to a lot of startups: Lab Data as a Service

👉Scaling New Heights in #Biomanufacturing - with Edward Shenderovich

Great article by Eric Schmidt about the work we are doing at the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotech NSCEB ! 🇺🇸🧬

AI models trained on large DNA datasets + labeled data about how that DNA performs in cells will have a 'ChatGPT moment' once they hit a certain…

Join us this May at the #CarterExchange24 where trailblazers of biotechnology come together! Hear from Jason Kelly, Chair of US National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology.

Find more info: bit.ly/4c0mH08

this is a big deal

So many applications for biotech! 🍞🥖🥐😋

ALE is a neat service offering at @ginkgo to improve your strains — can see more here:

ginkgobioworks.com/learn/ft012-fi…

🏛CHS and partners (FAS is now @scientistsorg NTI|bio Scowcroft Institute) responded to @NatSecBioTech’s interim report/white paper, offering praise and suggestions for strengthening the forward-thinking AIxBio policy recommendations proposed.

Learn more: centerforhealthsecurity.org/2024/leaders-i…

'AI will not replace drug hunters, but drug hunters who don’t use AI will be replaced by those who do,' comments by Jim Weatherall, VP Data Science & AI R&D at AstraZeneca h/t pg 224 of Stifel/Tim Opler's AI report below