Hosted by Hosted by Allison Duettmann Foresight Institute Lou de Kerhulevez Foresight Institute Aleksandra Smilek Foresight Institute Niklas Rindtorff Lab DAO Martin Karlsson Coordination.network 15 – 16 JULY 9 am – 5 pm Sorbonne Université, Campus des Cordeliers Apply for a Subsidized Ticket Buy Tickets NOW ! Apply to join Become a Sponsor Goal The… Continue reading DeSci Paris 2023 Workshop
Molecular Machine Bountied Brainstorm By JJ Ben-Joseph If you had $50M to spend to advance progress on molecular machines, what would you spend it on? There are a lot of different funding approaches from grants for basic research to growth capital. My favorite is venture capital. Venture capital can be very flexible. It can… Continue reading Molecular Machine Bountied Brainstorm By JJ Ben-Joseph
Presenter William Shih, Harvard Professor William is overseeing an effort to apply Synthetic Biology approaches to the development of self-assembling DNA nanostructures and devices for use in biomedical applications. In addition to carrying genetic information, DNA is increasingly being explored for its use as a building material. This new process is called DNA origami because… Continue reading William Shih, Harvard Professor | Multi-Micron Crisscross Structures Grown from DNA-Origami Slats
Presenter Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow CEO Founder of Chemify and Regius Professor of Chemistry. My research group conducts research in synthetic chemistry, complex chemical systems, nanotechnology, inorganic biology, self assembly, functional materials, molecular design, molecular engineering, energy systems, new reaction formats for chemistry including robotics and 3d printing, microfluidics and novel software processing and… Continue reading Adapting and Evolving Materials
Presenters William Shih, Harvard University William is overseeing an effort to apply Synthetic Biology approaches to the development of self-assembling DNA nanostructures and devices for use in biomedical applications. In addition to carrying genetic information, DNA is increasingly being explored for its use as a building material. This new process is called DNA origami because… Continue reading Tyler Ross | Self-driving Gliders for Programmable Routing of Microscopic Cargo
Presenter George Church George leads Synthetic Biology at the Wyss Institute, where he oversees the directed evolution of molecules, polymers, and whole genomes to create new tools with applications in regenerative medicine and bio-production of chemicals. Among his recent work at the Wyss is development of a technology for synthesizing whole genes, and engineering whole… Continue reading George Church | Gene & Cell Therapies for Age-related & Infectious Diseases
Foresight’s Healing the Planet Accelerator: Radical Progress Human activities have pushed our ecosystem well past its carrying capacity. We are running out of time. Healing the Planet Accelerator: Radical Progress is meant to accelerate the work of innovators out there who are ready to tackle climate and ecosystem destabilization on a radical, systemic, large-scale basis—to propose… Continue reading 2020 Healing the Planet Accelerator
Health Extension Accelerator We support promising approaches for solving key health extension areas via financial support, mentorship, and connection to relevant researchers, founders, and funders. Find our three current accelerator projects and a few of our mentors below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGcSwVjFdXchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXHPjFr6BJAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s31WctpHSM Mentors Sonia Arrison Sonia Arrison is a best-selling author, analyst, entrepreneur, and investor. She is founder… Continue reading 2021 Health Extension Accelerator
Presenters Jamie Joyce, Society Library Jamie is the founder and Executive Director of the Society Library – a non-profit that creates structured knowledge databases of media concerning debates and discussions around complex social issues. Her goal is to improve humanity’s relationship with information online: in educational, epistemological, and political contexts… Read More Darren Zhu, Atoms.org… Continue reading P. Koepellinger, D. Zhu, J.Joyce | DeSci: Progress, Challenges, Integration with Legacy Institutions
Previous Events At our in-person events, such as technical workshops or annual member gatherings, we invite top talent to make progress on biotechnology, nanotechnology, neurotechnology, computing, and space for flourishing long-term futures. Many sessions are off the record. The ones that are recorded are below. 2025 2025 AIxBio Workshop 2025 AIxBio Workshop Vision Weekend Puerto… Continue reading Previous Events
