Excellent to have MIT alum entrepreneur
Jason Kelly on
MaximizingProgress.tv tonight! Jason's co-founder with four other MIT alums of
Ginkgo BioWorks, a biological engineering firm dedicated to "
...making biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo offers technology to speed the construction of DNA and enable reliable, rapid prototyping of engineered biological systems." Their offices and lab space are
located in the Marine Industrial Park in Boston, an up-and-coming biotech hub. During our conversation, Jason described the exponential
Synthetic Biology revolution and the powerful role of extracurricular activities like
iGEM 2009, the
International Genetically Engineered Machine competition, in accelerating this movement. His own path is quite interesting too: as an undergrad at MIT, Jason pursued degrees in Chemical Engineering and Biology -- since there was no Biological Engineering degree yet -- and then a PhD in...
Biological Engineering! Among his outside activities, Jason is a co-founder of
OpenWetWare, a community of life sciences researchers exploring ways to conduct science more effectively, as well as serving as Judge in iGEM.
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