In 1961, John F. Kennedy captivated the imagination of people across our planet by announcing his goal of putting a man on the moon within the decade. Eight years later we did just that, and in doing so produced a...
Author - John Cumbers
The Fourth Annual Engineering Biology Awards Recognize Excellence in the Synthetic Biology Industry at SynBioBeta 2018
SynBioBeta will recognize Dr. Christina Agapakis, Bryan Johnson, Jeffrey Kluzinger, Prof. Paul Freemont, and Prof. Richard Kitney for their achievements within our community as part of the Fourth Annual Engineering...
Khosla and Church: How Two Legends See the Future of AI-Enhanced Synthetic Biology
I’m excited to announce that two legends of two different tech worlds – Vinod Khosla and George Church – will engage in a fireside chat at this year’s SynBioBeta San Francisco. Khosla is an entrepreneur, investor...
Why the UK is a Great Place to Start a Synthetic Biology Company
Synthetic biology companies have chosen to startup in the UK due to encouraging new business through planning, education, and continued substantial investment. Since 2011, the Rt. Hon David Willetts, Minister for...
Meet These French SynBio Startups and Organizations
There’s been a lot of activities in synthetic biology in France over the last few years. Much of it has been propelled by Toulouse White Biotechnology led by Pierre Monsan and Michel Manach, and a supportive...
These 33 Synthetic Biology Companies Raised More Than $900 Million in 2016
It’s been another big year for the synthetic biology industry with over $900 million raised from either venture capital or the public markets. This is an incredible number considering that the whole industry raised $800...
White House Announces Updates to Modernize Biotech Regulations
The White House just announced its updates to the coordinated framework for the regulation of biotechnology products. Its ongoing process to modernize the regulatory process has been going on for the last year and has...
SynBioBeta Announces Its First Activate! China Event
This year, SynBioBeta is excited to announce the first SynBioBeta Activate! China conference on June 14th – 17th. This conference is in addition to our 4th annual conference in London this year and SynBioBeta’s...
These Synthetic Biology Companies Have Raised Half a Billion Dollars in 2015
For many years scientists have been hailing the potential of synthetic biology to revolutionize almost every area of human life, encompassing several multi-billion dollar industries including the energy, chemical...
Remembering Austen Heinz (1983-2015)
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Austen Heinz passed away last week. Austen was the founder and CEO of Cambrian Genomics, the gene synthesis company based out of San Francisco. Austen Heinz was a...
