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How is SeptemberĀ already coming to an end? 2022 has come and gone so fast! We wanted to share with you some of our highlights, and keep you in the loop with some of the exciting events coming up!
Get involved: Buy your Vision Weekend tickets, or apply for a subsidizedĀ ticket.
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Our Vision Weekends are the annual member festivals of Foresight Institute. Held in two countries, over two weekends, top talent across biotechnology, nanotechnology, neurotechnology, computing, and space are encouraged to burst their tech silos, and plan for flourishing long-term futures.
Vision Weekend EuropeĀ | November 18-20:Ā atĀ Chateau du FeĆæ, Villecien, a laboratory for the future disguised as a stunning 17th century castle, 90 minutes outside of Paris.
Vision Weekend USĀ | December 2 ā 4:Ā atĀ the Internet ArchiveĀ in San Francisco and Sundayās afternoon sessions at theĀ Bird HouseĀ Villa in the Berkeley Hills.
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New seminars out of our Space, Biotech, and Existential Hope groups:
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UCLA postdocs Abasalt Bahrami, Alessandro Lodesani, Natsumi Komatsu, and faculty Clarice Aiello are thrilled to offer a very special Fiat Lux class on quantum biology.Ā Ā
This is an introductory course following the chapters of the book “Life on the Edge”. It’s an excellent opp for people wanting an overview of the quantum biology field. It will be PT 11am-12pm on Fridays, from Sep 23 to Dec 2.
Ā It is open to anyone on the internet — the more people we reach, the merrier. No quantum mechanics or biology pre-requisites necessary.
We hope you attend and have fun!
Abasalt, Alessandro, Clarice & Natsumi
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ImYooĀ has recently releasedĀ a smallĀ age-immune related finding!Ā
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They also launched theirĀ first citizen science campaign!Ā Now you can be part of the research.Ā Donate just $5 orĀ simply re-Tweet.
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Seed funding for Foresight Dao & funding Tech Tree bounties with Gitcoin!
Our latest matching round with Gitcoin was for two purposes:Ā
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These quadratic matching rounds are closed now, but we’re excited to open more in the future!
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Gordian BiotechnologyĀ discovers treatments for age-related diseases using technology that lets us put hundreds of potential therapies into a single animal and independently measure the effects of each one. The ability to scale up testing at the in vivo stage lets us use much more realistic animal models, such as aged animals that develop disease progressively, to include the full complexity of aging in the drug discovery process. Our team is full of experts who enjoy working together, and we’re looking to add three more:
Molecular biologistĀ – Create DNA constructs to regulate gene expression in vivo, and more
Single cell scientistĀ – Extract cells from large animals and turn them into therapeutic screening scRNAseq data
Machine learning computational biologistĀ – Use our data to predict both effects of interventions and physiology from transcriptomic states
Would love to hear from PhD grads, technicians, postdocs and other people with the right skills!
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The final episode of our three part privacy series!
In this episode of Shielded Transactions, we chat with Whyrusleeping, engineer at Protocol Labs and Zcash advocate, about what the future will look like in a post zksnarks world and how we need to protect our identities in a future that relies so heavily on machine learning and complex systems.
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Our Crypto, Security & AI Workshop is upon us! In less than a week, this two-day event will bring together top researchers, builders, and funders in computing, cryptography, cryptocommerce, security and AI to explore undervalued areas for progress. Themes are loosely based on technologies highlighted inĀ Gaming the Future.
Check out the event pageĀ here.
Foresight President, Allison Duettmann, shared about our ongoing Tech Tree project atĀ DeSci Boston,Ā a 1-day event bringing together web3 developers, DeSci leaders, and funders in the DeSci ecosystem. More on Tech TreesĀ here.
We were thrilled to finally host another in-person salon after a pause! We were joined by Jason Crawford atĀ The Commons, SF. Crawford,Ā founder of The Roots of Progress – a nonprofit dedicated to establishing a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century – spoke on the topic of Philosophy of Progress. RecordingĀ here.
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The Foresight Fellowship is a one-year program committed to giving change-makers the support to accelerate their bold ideas into the future. Here’s what our fellows have been up to.
Yip Fai TseĀ is a research assistant for Professor Peter Singer at Princeton University. Fai is researching the impact and ethics of artificial intelligence concerning nonhuman animals. Fai has been a researcher in the field of animal welfare advocacy and effective altruism. His latest paper isĀ Speciesist bias in AI: how AI applications perpetuate discrimination and unfair outcomes against animals.
Yuanning FengĀ is a PostdoctoralĀ Research Fellow at Northwestern with ProfessorĀ Fraser Stoddart, and 2021 winnerĀ of Foresight’s Distinguished Student Award. His latest publication in theĀ Journal of the American Chemical Society can be foundĀ here.
Jamie Joyce, Society Library, recently released a database which articulates the 5,000+ argumentsĀ and evidence from all points of view on the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power plant debate (the last remaining nuclear power plant in California). See press releaseĀ hereĀ and links to the databaseĀ here.Ā
