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corwinbad | 9 years ago | on: DNA Fountain – Capacity-approaching DNA storage

Using Twist Bioscience DNA - interesting data points: 215Pb/Gram ~1,300 copies per unique oligo enough to get a 100% data back Almost unlimited coping of recoverable data using PCR

Now only need to increase the throughput and price of DNA synthesis by 4-6 orders of magnitude

corwinbad | 11 years ago | on: Transcriptic for YC biotech startups

Great move Max!

This is Omri (founder of Genomecompiler.com). I'm always amazed about how many biologists think their work is pipetting small amounts of liquids and performing massively low productivity experiments rather then their real work of increasing our understanding of nature and finding solution to real world problems (like disease, hunger, aging, running out of civilization critical commodities, etc) using the best available tools.

Robots aren't taking our jobs - they help us be more productive so a biologist Ph.D. might in the future get paid like a CS undergrad!

corwinbad | 13 years ago | on: Solve for X

Hi, I was a speaker at the first Google "Solve for <X>" conference (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8qcDQaY8Mw).

In general it's an invite only conference. They invite about 15 speakers and overall ~60 people to the event. Very high level people - from the google co-founders, many google[x] employees, google svp's, investors (Steve Jurveston, Mark Andreessen and other) and google friends.

I got there for two reasons: 1) My company (http://genomecompiler.com) is a Singularity University company and Peter Diamandis referred us 2) We fit the bill for a moonshot (huge problem, breakthrough technology, radical solution)

It's in a very pleasant cordevalle resort and they treat you to great housing, food and discussions. Like late night slide show from the international space station with astronauts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Garan and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman

Like sitting in dinner table with Sergei and hear Peter talking space flights and astroids just to have him launch a astroids mining company after a few month. Or listening to Google Glass head talk about electronics in contact lenses (!) a few months before google glass was released :-)

Anyhow - I love what they are trying to achieve, both in this effort and in supporting Singularity University - to get people to solve humanity grand challenges with the fast moving technologies that are coming online. Be a support group and cheerleader for you while you're in the ups and downs of extremely "out-there" startup.

Amazing opportunity and the time of my life.

corwinbad | 13 years ago | on: Synthetic biology is heading for the cloud

Hi, this is Omri, the founder of Genome Compiler (http://genomecompiler.com) mentioned in the article. It's great to see many of my fellow entrepreneurs in this field shamelessly plugging away their companies :-)

Anyhow, this is indeed a great field to be in and I'm happy HN is taking notice.

I recommend this interview we gave for Leo Laporte (TwiT.tv) about this field: http://www.genomecompiler.com/news/2012/6/4/democratizing-cr...

Feel free to contact us for more information: [email protected]

corwinbad | 13 years ago | on: Biology's Master Programmers

Hi Lupatus, thanks!

Well, today you have to know some biology and have access to lab (or community lab like bio-curious or genspace) to "execute" the biology. We are trying to abstract biology to make it more accessible to people outside of the research labs then you can order the DNA and transform living things in your kitchen :-)

corwinbad | 13 years ago | on: Biology's Master Programmers

Hi j_s, this is Omri from Genome Compiler - thanks for the mention!

Anyone can download our free gene/genome design software and start ordering DNA today at genomecompiler.com

Omri

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