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Stephen Malina - Crazy ideas for future synthetic biology & bioengineering

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One thing I like about the synthetic biology community is that, from the early days, its participants have been willing to entertain “wild” ideas like building dragons. While this willingness comes with all of the risks associated with building a lot of hype around a nascent technology, against the backdrop of cultural indefinite pessimism, I still prefer it. In that vein, inspired by Milan Cwitkovic’s legendary listicles on Things you’re allowed to do and Market failures in science, I decided to make my own listicle of cool ideas for future synthetic biology & bioengineering projects. If you have additional ideas that you want me add (with credit) don’t hesitate to reach out.

Crazy ideas for future synthetic biology & bioengineering Table of Contents One thing I like about the synthetic biology community is that, from the early days, its participants have been willing to entertain "wild" ideas like building dragons . While this willingness comes with all of the risks associated with building a lot of hype around a nascent technology, against the backdrop of cultural indefinite pessimism, I still prefer it. In that vein, inspired by Milan Cwitkovic's legendary listicles on Things you're allowed to do and Market failures in science , I decided to make my own listicle

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