iGEM Regionals complete, now onto World Championship
The iGEM genetic engineering competition regional events are over and now teams are heading to the World Championship, to be held at MIT in Cambridge November 2-5. The regional results can be found here. Overall, 190 teams from over 30 countries are participating and the competition is fierce! See you there! Recent News Articles iGEM Bioengineering...
DNA meets DNS at SU/Fox Hollywood Program
Last week, at the Singularity University Hollywood Executive Program held at Fox Studios, I had the privilege of sharing some of my thoughts about synthetic biology to an all-star crowd. I was the bridge between a fanciful Ray Kurzweil, who shared his thoughts on the technological singularity, and the matter-of-fact Craig Venter, who discussed the...
Will.I.am and Intel seeks to TRANS4M the world
Feb. 10, 2012 – /PRNewswire/ — International recording artist will.i.am amplified his philanthropic side at TRANS4M, a forward-looking conference held Thursday, February 9, 2012 at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Musician and entreprenuer will.i.am co-hosted the first-time, invite-only conference he founded. Urging 250 attendees from various walks of life “to find smart ways...
Genspace NYC celebrates first birthday
Brooklyn-based Genspace, the first community biolab, celebrated one year of operations on January 19, 2012 with an open house that attracted about 50 people. I went to the event with Popular Science executive editor Cliff Ransom, who was delighted to learn that Daniel Grushkin, a former colleague, was a co-founder. The Genspace lab is compact...
Hope Live gala works to preserve fertility before chemotherapy.
Every year at least 10,000 Canadians between the ages of 20 and 44 are diagnosed with cancer – an estimated 80% will survive. Fertile Future works to provide these patients and oncology professionals with vital information about fertility preservation. I had the pleasure of joining the lovely Tobin family at Hope Live, an annual gala...
TEDxBrussels
On November 22, I spoke at TEDxBrussels, the theme of which was A Day in the Deep Future. It was a mind-bending event attended by almost 2000 people, packed with short, high impact talks. My talk was titled Making Worlds.
Good Morning Stockholm 2011 – Love in the Age of DNA
How will genetic technologies change the way we choose our partners, fall in love, and procreate? All bets are off, says genetic scientist Andrew Hessel.
TEDxAmsterdam: The Stuff of Dreams and Nightmares
I spoke at TEDxAmsterdam on November 25, 2011, with an attendance of about 800 people. To watch the video, click here.
