Why the pentagon knows me as the guy who carries bricks into meetings
The art of storytelling is as old as stories themselves, but it’s often lost in science and engineering, and we need more in biotech.
The art of storytelling is as old as stories themselves, but it’s often lost in science and engineering, and we need more in biotech.
A common expression heard in the military is, “we’re always fighting the last war.” In the face of the global response to the COVID-19 crisis, the “last war” was the influenza pandemic of 1918. By Diane DiEuliis, Peter Emanuel, James Giordano, and Alexander Titus Although history provides invaluable lessons, it’s vital to re-examine the issues,…
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I had the great opportunity to speak on a panel at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) about the implications for synthetic biology to national security. This was the second part of a two-part series exploring the importance and implications of emerging biotechnology and the changing nature of national and global security. The…
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Every ten minutes someone is added to the organ transplant waiting list in the U.S. That’s 144 new people added to the waiting list every single day. And of the people already on the transplant list, twenty will die every day. This is because only 1 out of 1000 people die in a manner that…
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The Department of Defense has released the dates for the proposers’ day on March 5th, 2020, for the Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation Institute (BMII) in support of the U.S. biomanufacturing ecosystem. The full text, a PDF to download, and a link to the announcement can be found below. Proposers’ Day AnnouncementFA8650-20-S-5028Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation Institute Bioindustrial Manufacturing…
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Biotechnology is advancing at an unprecedented rate, and Engineered biology, commonly referred to as synthetic biology (SynBio), is taking the world by storm. The bioeconomy, or the economy based on biology and biotechnology, will be a major driver of economic growth over the next decade.
The Department of Defense has released a notice of intent (NOI) for a competition in early 2020 for Synthetic Biology Manufacturing Innovation Institute (SynBio MII) in support of the U.S. biomanufacturing ecosystem. The full text, a PDF to download, and a link to the NOI can be found below. NOTICE OF INTENT FEDERAL AGENCY NAME:…
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The term cyberbiosecurity is rapidly making its way around the internet, academic, and government communities. If you want a silly analogy, you might say its spreading like an emerging infection through various host communities. Specifically, communities with no innate immunity to fight off the misinformation.
If I showed you a picture of a cat and told you it was a pink panda bear, would you believe me? How would you go about validating that what I was telling you was actually true? You can do this inherently because you have a built-in network of neurons (not to be confused with…
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