Christopher Voigt
@Geneticdesigner
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Composing DNA / Professor and Department Head @ MIT Biological Engineering
MIT
Joined September 2017
Still waiting for my blue android #A.Bettik
BIG news in synthetic biology!!! 🔬…and it’s actually very tiny. The world’s first synthetic eukaryotic genome is complete! The final chromosome in a synthetic yeast genome for baker’s yeast was completed by the Sc2.0 project.
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Pillar VC just launched a new mechanism to raise money for ideas to develop companies. Open to undergraduates through faculty. Up to $1 million.
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RT @genegirl007: Join us in June for the 2025 SEED meeting! The organizing committee has some great speakers lined up! Abstracts are due Ma…
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Congratulations, Linda! A well-deserved honor.
.@LindaGGriffith1 has received the 2025 BMES Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship Award, the highest honor from @BMESociety. This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated impactful leadership and achievements in biomedical engineering.
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RT @MITdeptofBE: .@LindaGGriffith1 has received the 2025 BMES Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lectureship Award, the highest honor from @…
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RT @NikoMcCarty: This article by @Atelfo is excellent. Highlights: - 28% of all trials initiated by Chinese companies in 2023, up from 3%…
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RT @simonmaechling: GMOs save lives. Genetically engineered bacteria create animal-free insulin. Tens of millions of lives have been save…
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RT @NikoMcCarty: Two recent papers, both pertaining to antivenoms and AI, were recently published. The first study used AI tools to design…
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RT @NikoMcCarty: It has finally arrived: The first book written, and sold, in DNA. Thanks @catalogtechinc and Imagene for making this happ…
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RT @TechBurritoUno: Lufthansa Technik’s CFM Leap-1B engine constructed entirely from Lego bricks, complete with moving parts. https://t.co…
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RT @NewsfromScience: Leonard Rome’s lab discovered an odd, abundant component of cells in the 1980s—and he’s still trying to figure out wha…
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RT @kunjapur: Day 2 of #MASBN kicks off with our keynote speaker Chris Voigt @Geneticdesigner discussing his inspiring work on engineering…
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RT @davidsunkong: I’m thrilled to announce that the application for the 2025 edition of our @medialab and global synthetic biology course,…
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RT @MITdeptofBE: We are deeply saddened to share the news of Prof. William G. Thilly’s passing over the holiday week. Prof. Thilly was a va…
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Congratulations to the MIT @MITdeptofBE recipients of the National Medal of Science (Angela Belcher) and Science & Technology (Feng Zhang). Well deserved! (and other MIT recipients whom feel like family)
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RT @NikoMcCarty: @ElowitzLab @AsimovPress Thank you! You were one of my earliest supporters when I started "This Week in Synthetic Biology"…
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RT @simonmaechling: Today, the Haber-Bosch process is responsible for sustaining nearly half of the global population. It’s a testament t…
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Postdoc Opportunities: I am looking for those interested in applying Synthetic Biology to: 1. Large-scale multicellular computation 2. Make materials for quantum sensing 3. Generative AI applied to genetic design Applicants have to be US Citizens. DM me if interested.
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