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Mar
2021
Flying Blind on the Origin of a Pandemic
I was always curious. An early elementary school memory is my mother returning from a parent-teacher conference to report that my teacher thought I had “an enquiring mind.” Curiosity is what led me to a life of research, as a biostatistician and population scientist. Because in research, the questions you ask are just as important as their answers. The questions... Read More
29
Mar
2021
Writing with DNA at Scale: Emily Leproust on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Emily Leproust. Emily is the co-founder and CEO of South San Francisco-based Twist Bioscience. It’s a DNA synthesis company. It uses a silicon-based system to “write” in the language of DNA – that is, make synthetic genes to test ideas in a lab, or to perform some basic biomedical or industrial workhorse function.... Read More