synthetic biology Archives

REPLAY: Andrew Maynard – What Science Fiction Teaches Us About Morality and Existential Risk

July 13, 2020

Andrew Maynard (@2020science) is the Director of the Risk Innovation Lab at Arizona State University, a Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the author of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies.

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169. Programming Life, Preventing Bioterrorism and Viruses that Kill Cancer | Andrew Hessel

January 27, 2020

Andrew Hessel (@andrewhessel) is the CEO of Humane Genomics Inc., a seed-stage company developing virus-based therapies for cancer, starting with dogs and also co-founded the Genome Project-write, an international scientific effort working to engineer large genomes, including the human genome.

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141. How Nanotech Tattoos Will Give Us Superhuman Strength, Senses and Merge with Biotech | Carson Bruns

September 6, 2019

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Carson Bruns (@BrunsenBurner) is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he directs the Emergent Nanomaterials Lab, inventing nanomaterials, tech-enabled tattoos and more that Sci-Fi authors have forever dreamed of.

56. What Science Fiction Teaches Us About Morality and Existential Risk | Andrew Maynard

November 26, 2018

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Andrew Maynard (@2020science) is the Director of the Risk Innovation Lab at Arizona State University, a Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the author of Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies. Andrew’s research focuses on risk innovation and the responsible development and use of emerging technologies.

49. Why 21st Century Will Be Defined by Biotech | Ramphis Castro of ScienceVest

November 9, 2018

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Ramphis Castro (@jramphis) is the co-founder of ScienceVest, a venture capital fund for hard-tech and life science companies, and Impact Science Angels, an angel group focused on investing in companies that can impact 1MM+ lives.