Ayan (gmo)

Let the record show I risked my life (and the hat my grandmother crocheted for 8 year old Ayan) To get a sample from the fresh water vibrant microbial community living in the hollows of these rocks

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Here is a little video intro to my new piece 🧬

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I heard that sufficiently decentralized social might be back👀 In that case I’d love to revive /synbio 🧬 Here is my new piece: Synbio’s Reality Check Vol. II 🧬 The early 2010s pitch that biology will be perfectly programmable is back with a vengeance. I’m exploring AI, automation infrastructure, some critical gaps between digital and physical biology dreams, and new, hopeful/curiously strange emerging frontiers. Read it on my blog Life, Edited: https://editlife.substack.com/p/synbios-reality-check-vol-ii For more foundation on Synbio’s journey check out my first ‘Synbio’s Reality Check’ piece from about a year ago: https://editlife.substack.com/p/synbios-reality-check

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Me: How can I onboard more cool scientists/creatives on to farcaster *coinbase sponsors trump’s b-day military parade* what the helly

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I’m currently writing a paper on accessible biotech in /synbio and the power of democratization I talk about this 96 well spectrophotometer I built to detect potential drug resistance in cells I engineered to carry genes for tuberculosis all for a fraction of the cost of commercial machines I’m excited to find time and funding in the next few months to improve and build the next V2 prototype to share with the community 🙏🏽

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Guys… I had to come back on social media to tell you that an orange shark with white eyes was just spotted near Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica… For the first time… Ever (That we know of)

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I heard that sufficiently decentralized social might be back👀 In that case I’d love to revive /synbio 🧬 Here is my new piece: Synbio’s Reality Check Vol. II 🧬 The early 2010s pitch that biology will be perfectly programmable is back with a vengeance. I’m exploring AI, automation infrastructure, some critical gaps between digital and physical biology dreams, and new, hopeful/curiously strange emerging frontiers. Read it on my blog Life, Edited: https://editlife.substack.com/p/synbios-reality-check-vol-ii For more foundation on Synbio’s journey check out my first ‘Synbio’s Reality Check’ piece from about a year ago: https://editlife.substack.com/p/synbios-reality-check

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