Emil Funk

MSc. Biotech | VC | Synbio | Bio x Art

small things 🦠
big problems 🌍

[Emil Funk @emilfunkv]

models

[Dan Hollick @DanHollick]

Last week, I published a chapter about color. It's fairly comprehensive:

https://t.co/K8jhsHs6C8

[kepano @kepano]

1. install Obsidian 1.12
2. enable CLI
3. now OpenClaw, OpenCode, Claude Code, Codex, or any other agent can use Obsidian

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

I’m starting to get into a habit of reading everything (blogs, articles, book chapters,…) with LLMs. Usually pass 1 is manual, then pass 2 “explain/summarize”, pass 3 Q&A. I usually end up with a better/deeper understanding than if I moved on. Growing to among top use cases.

On the flip side, if you’re a writer trying to explain/communicate something, we may increasingly see less of a mindset of “I’m writing this for another human” and more “I’m writing this for an LLM”. Because once an LLM “gets it”, it can then target, personalize and serve the idea to its user.

[Emil Funk @emilfunkv]

@SynBio1 @SynBio1 Hey Jake, do you still have this server going?

[Nate Bennett @naterbennett0]

RFdiffusion is capable of designing diverse antibodies, that are truly de novo (no similarity to existing antibodies to those epitopes/in the training set). @RobertRagotte led the experimental effort, and characterised numerous VHH antibody binders to four different targets.

[Rosanna Hennessy @RosannaHennessy]

Interested in lipopeptides? Check out our new review on lipopeptide regulation in Pseudomonas for biotechnology. Thanks to generous support from @novonordiskfond and huge thanks to co-authors Monica Höfte and Lu Zhou.
https://t.co/h6a2NKdaHu

[EFB Biotechnology @EFBiotechnology]

The EU is now entering a crucial phase in changing the law on gene editing. Please support the open letter below and share it with your colleagues. It is important that scientists speak out as anti-GM NGOs such as Greenpeace and Friend of the Earth bombard MEPs with fear-mongering. https://t.co/Qjt0ttOzSr

[Emil Funk @emilfunkv]

@sethjkramer @readwise save thread

[ILIO @ilio_official]

Happy #InternationalSynthDay! 🎹 🎛️🎚️ 🎶

We teamed up with @RST_Burbank to give one lucky follower a FREE copy of @Spectrasonics Omnisphere AND a fully restored Roland Juno 106!

Enter to win these two amazing synths here: https://t.co/inswvJKE7K

[Emil Funk @emilfunkv]

@alexharm @portfoliopilot @readwise save thread

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@itsPaulAi @readwise save thread

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@rowancheung @Readwiseio save thread

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@rowancheung @readwise save thread

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@swapnakpanda @readwiseio save

[Emil Funk @emilfunkv]

""It cannot be stressed enough that fundamental science takes time and patience.""

In praise of research in fundamental biology via @_Glasp
https://t.co/KEXIUNWNVt

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPrize in Chemistry to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.”

[Emil Funk @emilfunkv]

@lavern_spicer Banning something doesn't magically make it go away, @lavern_spicer. Your drug laws are an exceptional testimony to that.

[UCopenhagen iGEM 2022 team @iGEM_Copenhagen]

The summer is coming to an end (at least here in Denmark) so we're enjoying the last pieces of sunshine before winter starts kicking in. We're so lucky to have gotten our own office in the beautiful Copenhagen Plant Science Center at @unicopenhagen