Hi ,
We hope this finds you well.
We at Built With Biology are busily preparing for our annual conference (April 12-14 in
Oakland, CA)... so would like to take this opportunity to point out some of the highlights
We are pleased to announce that Eric Schmidt (former CEO Google) will be our keynote speaker at the Race Against the Clock (RATC) event on Thursday, April 14.
Sponsored by Ginkgo Bioworks, the RATC will showcase ~ 500 start-ups and students who are all using biology to make the planet a better place.
Eric’s team at Schmidt Futures have generously agreed to cover travel and board for up to 160 of these students, who might otherwise not be able to afford to attend RATC.
We encourage everyone to hang around for our Field Trip 2 The Future (FT2TF), also to be held on Thursday, April 14. The FT2TF event will serve as a "demo day" unlike any other, as an exclusive group of our synbio partners will provide hands-on product and service demonstrations for press, investors, and industry thought leaders.
Lastly, if you’re coming to the conference, please book your hotel room quickly, as we’re fast approaching sold-out status
We hope you can make it, as the conference looks to be an incredibly exciting opportunity to network and meet the people/companies all using biology to better feed, fuel, and heal the world!
As always, thank you for reading and we hope to see you all in April!
Larry
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Larry Upton
Editor in Chief
larry.upton@builtwithbiology.com
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Sparking Innovation
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Electricity is a symbol of modern life, extending our days, cooling our houses, and letting us communicate more quickly than ever before. In harnessing the flow of electrons, we’ve enabled the creation and storage of more information than we could have imagined. Electricity runs our world, and it’s only going to play a bigger role as we move away from carbon intensive sources of energy.
Electricity is fundamental to biology as well. It races down the axons of our neurons, coordinating movements and registering sensations. Electrons flow through intricate molecular networks in photosynthesis and cellular respiration, reducing and oxidizing molecules in a
continuous cycle. It even races along the filaments of microbes living in extremely harsh environments, allowing them to survive in the absence of most energy sources.
Even though biology and electricity are intimately intertwined, merging the two hasn’t been easy. Concepts borrowed from electrical and computer engineering like modularity, and orthogonality, rest uneasily on biology’s dynamic, context driven
systems. Biological electrons flowing through those complex systems are difficult to constrain to the "1" or "0" we use for electrical signaling.
When we are able to combine these two systems, the result can be powerful. The Oxford Nanopore complements context rich biological function with continuous, careful monitoring for a brand new approach to DNA sequencing. First, a pore-forming protein is assembled in a polymer membrane. With the help of a motor protein, a strand of DNA is fed through a pore 100,000 times thinner than a human hair, subtly changing the shape of the pore as individual nucleotides pass through. The changes in shape correspond to changes in the flow of electricity through the pore. These shifts in electrical signals are recorded by an embedded circuit, much like an EKG shows you electrical signals in your heart. By monitoring these changes, the Nanopore can provide real-time sequencing information, identifying As, Ts, Cs, and Gs at a rate
of about 400 base pairs a second for DNA.
By valuing the innate adaptability of biological molecules and monitoring those changes rather than engineering them away, Nanopore was able to capture an atomic level perspective on DNA sequences. It represents a huge leap forward for DNA sequencing, one that promises to usher in a new wave of research into genomes across the kingdoms. And while Oxford is considering replacing protein pores with pores crafted using beams of electrons, right now proteins represent the state-of-the-art in making the tiny gaps required for this innovative technology.
Biological molecules bring unique functionalities to the table. In partnership with good engineering, they have the potential to be the foundation for entirely new ways of measuring and making the world. At Built with Biology, we’re telling great stories about good science and showcasing the way biology sparks innovation across industries. If you’d like to learn
more, please plan to join us at our global conference (April 12-14 in Oakland, CA) and meet the people and companies using biology to make the planet a better place!
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Built with Biology is teaming up with the Imperial College synthetic biology community to explore academic and entrepreneurial opportunities in the growing global bioeconomy. Learn from a panel of experts about how biology is transforming science, society and the translational career opportunities that are available to Imperial students, postdocs, fellows and researchers! Please register here.
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