Lucas Hartsough, PhD

Synthetic biologist at Ginkgo Bioworks

[Jason Kelly @jrkelly]

Happy to announce that @Ginkgo's merger with $SRNG was approved this morning and at closing we will bring in ~$1.6 billion dollars in new capital to the company!!! 🧵
https://t.co/U0gZZRIHnN

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

We’re in the home stretch. The #MarsHelicopter has lowered all four legs and is in position to touch down on the Martian surface. Once it’s fully ready, @NASAPersevere will release it gently to the surface. https://t.co/TNCdXWcKWE

[Synlogic @synlogic_tx]

Proud to partner with @Ginkgo on this work! Check out the preprint of “Development of an engineered probiotic for the treatment of branched chain amino acid related metabolic diseases” here: https://t.co/R6EaYW3eO8 @NatureComms #synbio

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. #CountdownToMars

[Lauren Gambill, PhD @laurgamb]

After three days without power in sub-freezing temperatures, I’m 100% certain that we do not have a “resilient grid”. This is a complete breakdown of our infrastructure and Texans are freezing because of it.

[From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @BCMFromtheLabs]

Switching certain genes on and off with light extended the life of lab worm #Celegans. Read the details of this work by @mengwang939 @bcmhouston, @jeffrey_j_tabor @RiceUNews et al here: https://t.co/FIkXgeuG51 via @bcmhouston

[Frances Arnold @francesarnold]

You might be interested to know that the binary code on the stage writes out "truth not lies." just ignore the person blocking it...#ScienceisBack

[Matt Colville? @mattcolville]

Actual phrase, said to me in a production meeting "We want champagne on a beer budget." I would later hear that phrase repeated by friends at other companies dealing with the same nonsense.

[Hello MCDM @helloMCDM]

Welcome to ARCADIA!
https://t.co/zwOa2ByXIF

[Ginkgo Bioworks @Ginkgo]

We have a plan to provide COVID pooled testing for every K12 classroom in America. Learn more about how you can join our pilot at https://t.co/ZKcrWy16EI

https://t.co/ChxmlG3h7u

[Jason Kelly @jrkelly]

Today, @Ginkgo announced a free 5-week classroom testing pilot for 100s of schools. As part of the pilot, we’ll provide all the materials schools need to collect and ship samples, alongside in-depth onboarding support, and lab processing power and data return at no cost. 🧵

[Tabor Lab @LabTabor]

Study gut bacteria? Want to control their gene expression in the host? Use light! New paper from recent Ph.D. @SynbioLucas & the brilliant @mengwang939 using optogenetics to study how Colanic Acid secretion benefits mitochondrial health & longevity https://t.co/9ugC8Q4iK2 @eLife

[Brady Kenniston @TheFavoritist]

Ohh my god @ChrisG_NSF & @NASASpaceflight! Remote number one from Falcon Heavy!

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Falcon Heavy side cores have landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Presenting the SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System. Learn more at 1:30pm CT https://t.co/SwNQJ9Ht4D https://t.co/xkGpQIBCMG

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Dragon on its way to @Space_Station, Falcon on its way home

[Prabha Ramakrishnan @PrabhaRK]

We're expanding the optogenetic toolbox into the blue! https://t.co/T1Dr4OBPpF #synbio

[Prabha Ramakrishnan @PrabhaRK]

Use #FlowCal to measure promoter strengths across different labs and different flow cytometers; put a #MEF on it https://t.co/sJ1sDBEtn7

[Lucas Hartsough, PhD @SynbioLucas]

Our new paper is on the bioRxiv! An open-hardware platform for optogenetics and photobiology https://t.co/lx6DIB3k7c

[Rice University GSA @RiceGSA]

Squirrels @RiceUniversity have important places to be! #CampusSquirrels