Ayan (gmo)

Ayan

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

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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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Is biology responsible for AI art (slop¿)? You can read my new post and decide for yourself. This piece takes you on a journey. It begins with electrodes in cat brains, somewhere in between we go from recognizing cats to detecting cancers, taking street mapping architecture and applying it to cell segmentation, then magically ends with machines generating images from text prompts. You might find that the boundaries between fields are more porous than we think. You might even go further and adopt this perspective as an innovation strategy.

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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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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’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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I’m halfway through the @protocollabs d/acc residency Feels special to be here at @edgecity Patagonia building biosecurity infrastructure at what feels like the edge of the world mountain air, trail dust, icy blue lakes, wild horse encounters & an evolving MVP

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