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Gaming the Future: The Book!

Foresight Designing Molecular Machines Workshop

July 10 & 11

@IndieBio in San Francisco

co-chaired by

Sonia Arrison

100 Plus Capital

Adam Marblestone

Convergent Research, Astera Institute

Benjamin Reinhardt

PARPA

Goal

Many areas within the molecular machines field could be sped up via advancements on the software and simulation-side. This two-day workshop invites a select group of specialists in software and simulation to apply their skills to help those tackling the challenges of constructing atomically-precise 3D structures, including pathways using chemistry, applied physics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and engineering.

Format

Presentations on open challenges in the molecular machines field and relevant advances in software tools. Smaller groups form around selected topics to determine the work required to make progress. Project proposal sketches are generated, including scope of work, budget, relevant collaborators and timeline. Present funders may help in a mentorship role. Smaller workshops to hash out promising proposals may follow.

What to expect

In addition to the main programming; mentorship hours, socials, and open breakout-spaces. In addition to benefiting from tech transfer across fields, and forming lasting collaborations with other leading scientists, entrepreneurs, and funders around shared goals, this workshop may unlock novel paths for long-term progress in the field.

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Workshop Video Summaries

Confirmed invitees include

Aaron King

Foresight Institute

Abby Delawder

IImmunophotonics

Adam Marblestone

Astera Institute

Alexis Courbet

University of Washington

Allison Duettmann

Foresight Institute

Andrew Turberfield

University of Oxford

Andy Matuschak

independent researcher

Anna Balazs

University of Pittsburgh

Ayush Noori

50 Years Capital

Ayusman Sen

Pennsylvania State University

Basile Wicky

University of Washington

Benjamin Reinhardt

PARPA

Brenda M. Rubenstein

Brown University

Bret Victor

Dynamicland

Charlie McTernan

Francis Crick Institute

Chris Wintersinger

PARPA

Christian Schafmeister

Temple University

Damien Sluysmans

University of Liege

Dario Kolenko

Merck KGaA

Eric Drexler

University of Oxford

Erik Hoy

Rowan University

Erik Benson

Oxford University

Erik Poppleton

Arizona State University

Giulio Ragazzon

University of Strasbourg

Grigory Tikhomirov

UC Berkeley

Hein-Pieter van Braam

Prehensile Tales

Irene Regeni

Leiden Institute of Chemistry

Jacob Majikes

NIST

Jacob Swett

previous Arizona State University

James Arthur Cooper

University of Reading

JJ, Ben-Joseph

InQTel

Jonathan Barnes

Washington University

Jonathan Blow

Number None

Kunyu Wang

University of Texas

Lee Cronin

University of Glasgow

Linna An

University of Washington

Matthew Ryder

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Maxime Ledent

Université de Liège, NanoChem

Megan Lim

UIUC

Michael Matthies

Arizona State University

Niamh Gavin

Future Matter

Nikhil Lyles

Wayfinder Biosciences

Oleg Gang

Columbia University and Brookhaven National Laboratory

Ravi Pandya

Microsoft

Ricardo Ruiz

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Rolando Perez

Sincarne

Samarth Sandeep

If and Only If (Iff) Technologies

Sara Walker

Arizona State University

Serena Zhang

50 Years Capital

Shawn Douglas

University of California

Shelley Wickham

University of Sydney

Shucong Li

Harvard University

Siddharth Agarwal

University of California

Stacy Copp

UCI

Stephane Redon

One Angstrom

Susanna Torres

University of Washington

Will Shih

Harvard University

XinRu Wang

University of Washington

Yonggang Ke

Georgia Tech

Yunyan Qiu

Northwestern University

Yu-Shan Lin

Tufts University

Agenda

Saturday, July 9

06:00 – 8:00 pm
Informal workshop predrinks @Biergarten, 424 Octavia Street, SF

 

Sunday, July 10

9 am – 9 pm: Workshop, dinner, and social @IndieBio, 479 Jessie Street, SF

09:00 – 10:00 am
Arrival & Networking

10:00 – 10:30 am
Intro

  • Allison Duettmann, Foresight Institute
  • Adam Marblestone, Astera Institute
  • Benjamin Reinhardt, PARPA

 

10:30 – 12:00 am
Presentations

  • William Shih, Harvard University
  • Jonathan Blow, Number None
  • Chris Wintersinger, PARPA
  • Bret Victor, Dynamicland
  • Shawn Douglas, UCSF
  • Chris Schafmeister, Temple University
  • Niamh Gavin, FutureMatter

 

12:00 – 01:00 pm
Lunch (mentorship pairings)

01:00 – 02:30 pm
Presentations

  • Anna Balazs, University of Pittsburgh
  • Jacob Swett, previous Arizona State University
  • Andrew Turberfield, University of Oxford
  • Erik Poppleton, Arizona State University
  • Alexis Courbet, University of Washington
  • Brenda Rubenstein, Brown University
  • Oleg Gang, Columbia University

 

02:30 – 03:00 pm
Break

03:00 – 05:00 pm
Presentations

  • Basile Wicky, University of Washington
  • Erik Benson, Oxford University
  • Linna An, University of Washington
  • Stephane Redon, One Angstrom
  • Tyler Ross, Matteo Guareschi, Caltech
  • Eric Drexler, Oxford University

 

05:00 – 06:00 pm
Select top topics for working groups

06:00 – 07:00 pm
Dinner

07:00 – 09:00 pm
Drinks & breakouts

  • Yu-Shan Lin, Tufts University
  • Open for proposals
 

Monday, July 11

9 am – 4 pm: Workshop @IndieBio, 479 Jessie Street, SF

09:00 – 09:30 am
Arrival & Networking

09:30 – 12:30 pm
Working groups on selected topics

12:30 – 01:00 pm
Lunch (mentorship pairings)

01:00 – 03:00 pm
Group presentations

03:00 – 03:30 pm
Public vote & next steps

04:00 – 06:00 pm
Optional workshop aftershow drinks 

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