David Lawrence

Bio/Neuro ethics and Biolaw @durhamlawschool. Mostly enhancement/ moral status/ personhood /Novel Beings. Noises about comics, movies & music left of the dial.

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

Margot took me on and rescued me as a PhD student. Her kindness & generosity marked her as unique, let alone her unmatched influence as a scholar. She was a force of nature- I will never forget the power of her voice. She could command any room, and deserved to. I will miss her.

[CSEP Manchester @BioethicsUoM]

We mourn Professor Margot Brazier, who died peacefully on 4 March. Margot's work inspired generations of healthcare lawyers and ethicists, and informed health policy for decades. Margot was exceptionally kind, clever, funny and wise. We will miss her so much @law_uom

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

@cszabla On balance, should be allowed to continue to exist

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

@cszabla I like San Diego a lot but it has weird vibes. Surf town with highly visible military bases every 30 feet

[Michael Baym @baym]

This is a wild overstatement of what was actually achieved. But “AI successfully remixed a small number of mostly already-observed, largely synonymous mutations and in a few rare cases managed to make it nonlethal” doesn’t sell hype as well

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

@cszabla It’s got a picture of him _right there_ man

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

@cszabla Still the effect of my stupid big phone tbh

[Josh @JoshHeter]

If I’m being honest, the way I feel about the ‘90s is comparable to the way certain Baby Boomers feel about the ‘60s. So, I feel super fortunate that I was allowed to help put this together.

Available now…

https://t.co/byyV1ZRr8f

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

@dioscuri Congrats, man!

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

So the mind may not, in fact, need a body?

https://t.co/YvTcanfFf9

I know, I know. but this is very cool stuff.

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

Whoah.

[IEEE Brain @IEEEBrain]

New #research alert! A non-invasive #BCI breakthrough shows imagined handwriting can be decoded from #EEG signals in real time on a portable edge device. It could be a major leap toward practical communication technologies. Details at @SciReports: https://t.co/AnqfZaihQT #brain

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

@IBrasso In my mind this was all far in the future!

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

@IBrasso Hell. I forgot to send one in.

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

@cszabla Highly enjoying my meetings with Cyberpunk 2077 fan diss student

[Hank Greely @HankGreelyLSJU]

Just published! Pasca & Greely (1st, last, & corresponding authors) The Need for a Global Effort To Attend To Human Neural Organoid & Assembloid Research, SCIENCE 390(6773):574-577 (Nov. 6, 2025)
https://t.co/rAm3SEihhG It's a big deal!
Other authors on next post-too many to fit

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

I don’t have this on vinyl but if I did, I’d be now spinning.

[The Smashing Pumpkins @SmashingPumpkin]

Released on Oct 23 and 24 in 1995 - 30 years ago.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

["Lou"ReedTyranny @nakedfoul]

I did some questionable shit on my 30th birthday too

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

Yet another weaselly decision, avoiding the point and passing the buck.

[Nonhuman Rights Project @NonhumanRights]

Today the #Michigan Court of Appeals issued a decision in our habeas corpus lawsuit on behalf of seven chimpanzees confined in the DeYoung Family Zoo. A statement on the decision by NhRP Executive Director @chrandberry. https://t.co/Owg9oUUxrj

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

Sublime

[Jiankui He @Jiankui_He]

Gene-enhanced super horses should be allowed in sport of horse racing.

[Brian Hie @BrianHie]

Welcome to the age of generative genome design!

In 1977, Sanger et al. sequenced the first genome—of phage ΦX174.

Today, led by @samuelhking, we report the first AI-generated genomes. Using ΦX174 as a template, we made novel, high-fitness phages with genome language models. 🧵

[David Lawrence @Biojammer]

It’s happening!(?)

[Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado]

AI-designed viruses are here....and they're already killing bacteria.

Expanding brain moment for me as researchers in California get an A.I. to give them the code for weird, but fully-operational, bacteriophage.

story in the link👇