Month: September 2022

CHURCH'S TEAM "is the first to tackle a genome-scale change in the genetic code. This was done in a 4.7 million basepair genome of an industrially useful microbe (E. coli) with the goal of making a safer and more productive strain; this strain uses non-proteinogenic amino acids in proteins and is metabolically and genetically isolated from other species."" " http://lnkd.in/d4Ys85G View in LinkedIn

DNA DETECTOR FOR DARK MATTER. "He has co-invented several novel uses for DNA, including detectors for dark matter -- Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), anti-cancer "nano-robots", and strategies for digital data storage that are over a million times denser than conventional disk drives. Together with polymerase, DNA can be used to sense and store variation in photons, nucleotides, or ions." (George Church)." " http://lnkd.in/d4Ys85G View in LinkedIn

BRAIN INITIATIVE proposed developing "new technologies that will have to be developed in the course of the project, including wireless, minimally invasive methods to detect and manipulate neuronal activity, either utilizing microelectronics or synthetic biology. In one such proposed method, enzymatically produced DNA would serve as a "ticker tape record" of neuronal activity." (Key player was George Church). " " http://lnkd.in/d4Ys85G View in LinkedIn

FACEBOOK'S GIANT DATABASE. "Today Facebook said it's releasing software called "Presto" as a free and open source project. Presto allows people to ask questions (in geek speak called "queries") of huge databases and get the answers back immediately, not hours or days later). "We have one of the largest data warehouses in the world, storing more than 300 petabytes," allowing rapid answers. (Nov 6, 2013). " " http://lnkd.in/d7M_EJ8 View in LinkedIn

CHURCH BIG ON SYNBIO. "Synthetic biology, with its goal of reengineering cells as industrial machines, is the epitome of ambition. But even in a field of risk-takers, Harvard University's George Church stands out. But whether Church can pull off his most ambitious experiment—reinventing the genetic code—is another question. If he succeeds, biotechnology will have a new workhorse cell. And the planet will have a novel life form." (Note written in 2011). " " http://m.sciencemag.org/content/333/6047/1236 View in LinkedIn

TECHNOLOGY A MILLION TIMES FASTER. "A bunch of technologies are developing faster than ever before. In particular, reading and writing DNA is now about a million times faster than seven or eight years ago." (George Church). " " http://lnkd.in/d5SRnBf View in LinkedIn

SYNBIO SUPPORTED BY CHURCH. "In October 2012, Church published a book that he wrote with Ed Regis entitled 'Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves'. This was on a top ten Science book list." (George Church, of course). " " http://lnkd.in/d4Ys85G View in LinkedIn

'REGENESIS' BY CHURCH (it has a ring to it): "imagine a future in which human beings have become immune to all viruses, in which bacteria can custom-produce everyday items, like a drinking cup, or generate enough electricity or biofuel to end oil dependency. Building a house would entail no more work than planting a seed in the ground..."" " http://lnkd.in/deYWbm9 View in LinkedIn

GEORGE CHURCH INTERVIEW. "the synthetic biology revolution of the past few years (beating Moore's Law by a factor of 6); his views on religion; his dyslexia, high cholesterol and other mutations; 23andMe and DNA testing in general; the difference between genetics and synthetic biology; transhumanism, faith, mirror organisms and mirror humans; intellectual property rights and patenting living organisms; genomics and longevity..."" " http://lnkd.in/deYWbm9 View in LinkedIn

EUROPEAN VCS still have a pulse for early-stage deals, and are in sharp contrast to US VCs who have migrated to a myopic focus on digital health. Not only are European VCs investing early, they are also doing so in biotech and biopharma companies at a preclinical stage, which has not happened in the US for many years. European deals are also still very significantly undervalued. " " http://m.mddionline.com/node/10902?cid=nl.mddi01 View in LinkedIn