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Grokking Synthetic Biology | Dmitriy Ryaboy (Twitter, Ginkgo Bioworks)

Software Misadventures

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Robots and Synthetic Biology Optimization

This chapter explores how robots manipulate organisms at a molecular level in synthetic biology, optimizing reactions in single-cell organisms like tiny factories. The discussion highlights the intersection of robotics, lab automation, and biology, focusing on accelerating high-throughput experimentation through coordinated robots, workload management, and generative modeling of proteins. It touches on the challenges of slow iteration cycles in biotech experiments compared to software iterations, emphasizing the importance of streamlining processes and software engineers in setting benchmarks for advancements in biotechnology.

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