Science Interests
Science Interests
(this is out of date, but idk what to replace it with yet)
I want to be imagining and creating general tools for engineering biology.
Specifically, I think it is a great tragedy that some people who are curious about the nature of life — in earnest pursuit of that curiosity — end up hunched over a desk, under fluorescent lights, surrounded incessant humming of lab equipment, with the schedule of their lives dictated by the growth rate of E.coli. I want to make tools that allow scientists to intellectually interrogate the universe and also be physically and emotionally integrated with it too — sit in sunshine, have a dog, travel. I think this means more lab automation.
I also like to think about structures and institutional practices that support creativity and science.
Science Writings
The Wizardy and Prophecy of DNA Printing
Plasmids are Really Important, but too slow to make
Plasmid Production is a Three Step Process
Psilocybin's Enzymatic Pathway
How to Make Psiloyeast, abstractly
The Genes for Psilocybin's Enzymatic Pathway
Plasmids for Genomic Integration of Psilocybin's Enzymatic Pathway in S. Cerevisiae