SynBio 🧬

I just explained DNA sequencing to a lovely coffee shop barista and she had no problem grasping it. 

I think science communicators need to give more credit to non-specialists. If someone is not understanding I think more often than not it’s on the person explaining.

She also remarked on the strange opaqueness of Boston/Cambridge’s biotech scene. Everywhere you turn is a mysterious insular biotech company.

She was telling me how strange it was to pass by buildings & see glimpses of strange figures/instruments through the large glass windows

As a much as our technologies advance, public literacy investment should also increase

genetically modified organism. synbio PhD. host of /synbio 🧬, co-host /science 👩🏽‍🔬, blog: editlife.substack.com