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Announcing Homeworld Ideas: A Writing Challenge
Write about biology. Spread good ideas. Win up to $10,000.
Aug 15
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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.
Aug 10
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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.
Aug 3
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Niko McCarty
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July 2023
Codon Digest: Seeing Colors After Gene Therapy
Plus: Memes, growing rat neurons to play DOOM, and Nobel Laureates are less productive.
Jul 27
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Niko McCarty
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A Protein Printer
How to make a machine that turns bits into molecules.
Jul 11
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Niko McCarty
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Julian Englert
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June 2023
Codon Digest: Hackathon Prize Winners
Plus: Green light for cultivated chicken, LLMs make molecules & caffeine-free coffee trees.
Jun 26
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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.
Jun 12
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Niko McCarty
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Avadhoot
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May 2023
Codon Digest: Discovering Antibiotics with Deep Learning
Plus: A protein that edits cell membranes.
May 30
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Niko McCarty
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Progress on Self-Cloning Crops
A Q&A with Mary Gehring, plant biologist at MIT’s Whitehead Institute, about synthetic apomixis.
May 23
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Niko McCarty
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Codon Digest: Agents Design Proteins
Plus: Epigenome editing cuts cholesterol in monkeys.
May 22
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Niko McCarty
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Everything is Cabbage. Now It's Gene-Edited.
Plus: The F.D.A. makes an unexpected decision.
May 18
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Niko McCarty
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Monkey Embryos Grow to 25 Days — No Womb Required
Watch now (38 secs) | Research Roundup // Plus: Yeast evolve in the lab.
May 15
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Niko McCarty
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