Engineering Biology Club
Session one
Thursday October 3rd, 2024
5:30-7:30pm
Ginkgo Event Space
19 Fid Kennedy Ave, Boston MA 02210 (maps)
A live event for anyone interested in making biology easier to engineer. A meeting place for researchers and professionals to discuss the emerging biotech tool stack: synthetic biology, automation, software, AI, and more!
Join us in the Boston Seaport to connect with people who build with biology. Drinks, snacks, presentations and fascinating discussions will be provided.
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What’s on the agenda?
Jake Wintermute (Ginkgo Bioworks) will introduce Engineering Biology Club and motivate a discussion about our purpose and goals.
Evan Appleton (Wyss Institute, Colossal Biosciences) will present his recent work: Algorithms for Autonomous Formation of Multicellular Shapes from Single Cells.
Featured Speakers
Evan Appleton, PhD
Head of Stem Cell Biology / Reprogramming & Principal Scientist at Colossal Biosciences
Evan Appleton, Ph.D. is currently Head of Stem Cell Biology / Reprogramming at Colossal. Evan received his doctoral degree from Boston University in 2015 and completed a postdoc in the Church Lab at Harvard Medical School from 2016 until 2022 in stem cell biology and engineering of multicellular shapes from single cells. His expertise includes synthetic biology, computer aided design, and bioinformatics. Evan leads a team that derives induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from primary Asian Elephant cells and other non-model organisms and differentiates them into other cell types relevant for species conservation and de-extinction.
Jake Wintermute, PhD
Developer Evangelist at Ginkgo Bioworks
Jake Wintermute holds a PhD in systems biology from Harvard University, where his doctoral work focused on metabolic engineering and the dynamics of microbial communities. Before coming to Ginkgo, Jake spent 10 years as a teacher, researcher and group leader at the CRI in Paris, France, where his lab studied drug discovery for neglected diseases, citizen science and synbio education. As Ginkgo’s Developer Evangelist, his misson is to grow the biotech ecosystem, to diversify the bioeconomy, and to provide education, documentation and support for developers bringing new projects to Ginkgo’s platform.