Future Organisms

We're social scientists studying #SyntheticGenomics & #RRI in 🇬🇧 / 🇺🇸 / 🇯🇵 with emphasis on multispecies futures. Follows and RT ≠ endorse.

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

We're a group of social scientists working with scientists/engineers in #SyntheticGenomics to better understand what kinds of organisms we can bring into world.

To give you a sense of who we are:
📜 poster → https://t.co/KLGTRS1oms
📰 article → https://t.co/Kd1nYlXqxG

[Engineering Life @engineeringlife.bsky.social @EngineerLife_]

Just published! In this book, Jane Calvert (of @UoE_STIS and @uoessps) draws on over a decade of social scientific work on synthetic biology to ask: where does #STS belong? Available Open Access on @mitpress website

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

There's something interesting going on with @replaybio's (beautifully designed) website....all these authoring metaphors really push on the possibilities of biology vision.

[Pablo Iván Nikel @pabnik.bsky.social @PabloINik]

Very inspiring talk by Rob Smith @rdjs_is on building strong capabilities for responsible research & innovation (#RRI) in #SynBio @EFBiotechnology @EFB_EBBS #ASBEVI #laboratory work & manipulations are just the tip of the iceberg in #SynBio!

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

Thanks @JefBoeke lab, @BroshRan and @sudpinglay et al for hosting Rob, and for the chance to talk about future organisms & crossing kingdoms (w/ @SymbioticALab)

[SymbioticA @SymbioticALab]

The University of Western Australia has started a process to shut SymbioticA down and we have 8 working days to make a case as to why it should continue. We welcome letters of support. DM with your email address if interested. #savesymbiotica

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

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[Tom Ellis @ProfTomEllis]

Who else remembers this issue of Nature? To say it was an influence on my decision to do synthetic biology is a bit of an understatement. I literally quit my day job after reading this.

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

Organism as mega-reactor.

[Jay Keasling @jaykeasling]

Our latest research has just been published today in the journal Nature. We engineered yeast to produce the cancer therapeutic vinblastine. You can find the work here: https://t.co/kJdVcPDEM1. It is the longest biosynthetic pathway ever refactored into yeast.

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

@vectorgen Careful. Food Twitter is RIPE these days.

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

@SymbioticALab 💕 Renata. Such a thoughtful being (-MH)

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

@SAWEvans Nice. Zoom transcribed Bruno Latour to "brutal tour" so yeah Zoom is doing it's zoomy thing.

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

🧟🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️zombie fungus
🪰🪰🪰lives in cicadas
✅✅✅largest final genome to date

[Christina Agapakis @thisischristina]

Radical reads for STEM students! https://t.co/Yd05XFX1jk

[Sudarshan Pinglay @sudpinglay]

Mice are now yeast? What a way to start the morning

https://t.co/JEDastiAmg

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

#Laputa #あのちーへいせーん

[John Cumbers @johncumbers]

“A photosynthetic green living biodesigned Pompidou center built from a cooked turkey, digital art” CC @DrewEndy

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

@jennbrophy7 @ScienceMagazine 🙌🙌🙌

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

How many synthetic biologists does it take to do a dance routine?...#msbw2022 at the Ceilidh

Wait...are we synthetic biologists?

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

@vectorgen ~in their natural habitat~

[Future Organisms @futureorganisms]

Meanwhile in Edinburgh..Jane and Rob are at #msbw2022. Come and chat to us at our big teal poster later! We want to hear about the place of organisms in your work.🦆🪴🐁🦠