Only if there are angels in your head will you      ever, possibly, see one. – Mary Oliver genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Brings so much more meaning to our efforts to optimize CRISPR-Cas systems. When things are constantly not working in the wet lab, it's great to be reminded that one should persist because ultimately it pays off big time. Definitely a highlight of the past few months for me!

You can automate anything but personal experiences: "A machine can write prose that appears to reflect on an experience, but the lived nature of that experience belongs solely to the human author." You won't earn more or become famous, but authentic life is the ultimate goal.

When we think about the potential impact of human gene editing, it is hard to think big enough Every other technology alters the world to suit human preferences. Gene editing could alter human preferences If you change the basis of human needs and wants, all bets are off

Dear early career scientists! Why not join us in September in Lithuania’s beautiful capital city for the EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum (EYSF)? We will have have a full Night Science workshop & exciting research sessions. Abstract submission deadline: Aug 1 meetings.embo.org/event/25-eysf

Another YouTube Channel Idea: "E. coli Design." A whole series where you explain how to design DNA to change the behavior or appearance of E. coli cells. All you'd need is some equipment to transform cells, a microscope and camera, and some basic molecular biology equipment.

This will be my ref for why I switched from AI to wet lab. Boils down to the key thing that matters in life, as Jordan Peterson once insightfully pinpointed: avoiding pain. But there's no mystery why most don't choose this path: near-term rewards are much more lucrative.

It occurs to me that hallucinations in LLMs is actually a feature, not a bug, since merely being aware of them possibly occuring makes us question LLM answers, sharpening our own reasoning skills and leading conversations in paths less travelled.