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Announcing Ideas Matter
A writing fellowship for biology.
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Announcing Homeworld Ideas: A Writing Challenge
Write about biology. Spread good ideas. Win up to $10,000.
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Niko McCarty
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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology
Books, papers, courses, and blogs to help you get started.
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Niko McCarty
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how to write on the internet (& keep doing it)
Reflections on three years of Codon.
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Niko McCarty
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Codon Digest: Seeing Colors After Gene Therapy
Plus: Memes, growing rat neurons to play DOOM, and Nobel Laureates are less productive.
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Niko McCarty
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A Protein Printer
How to make a machine that turns bits into molecules.
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Niko McCarty
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Julian Englert
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Codon Digest: Hackathon Prize Winners
Plus: Green light for cultivated chicken, LLMs make molecules & caffeine-free coffee trees.
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Niko McCarty
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Reasons to Be Grateful for Biotechnology
It's good that we are not our ancestors.
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Niko McCarty
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Avadhoot
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