@KateAdamala

Life as we don't know it: building biology from scratch with synthetic cells.

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Joined March 2015
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Today I’m joining 30+ colleagues in taking an unusual step: calling for a halt to a line of research I was excited about, the long-term effort to build “mirror life”. We’re sharing our findings in a @ScienceMagazine paper: science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… 1/6

Confronting risks of mirror life

Broad discussion is needed to chart a path forward

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Very happy to share my @buildacell seminar ! 😎 Thank you very much @KateAdamala for hosting me ! Build-a-Cell seminar Simone Giaveri : Toward self-sustaining minimal cells The video link is below 🎥⬇️ youtu.be/v0CAdz2Ja0Q?si=tZ2b… via @YouTube

Build-a-Cell seminar Simone Giaveri : Toward self-sustaining minimal cells

Build-a-Cell seminar presented by Simone Giaveri from Dept. of Bio...

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I’m thrilled to announce that the application for the 2025 edition of our @medialab and global synthetic biology course, “How to Grow (Almost) Anything” is now open! Application link in thread 👇
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We just published a big report at @AsimovPress about the dangers from mirrored life. It accompanies an article that just came out in @ScienceMagazine. I hope you'll check it out!
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The Dangers of Mirrored Life 🦠 In a Science article published today, 30+ scientists call on the broader community to confront the serious risks of creating "mirrored" lifeforms. They lay out their case in a compelling, 300-page technical report. Check out our Special Report🔻
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Some lines aren’t crossed for a reason. We don't experiment with live smallpox or do tests with nuclear weapons. In my opinion, creating mirror life belongs in this same category of unacceptable risk. 5/6
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Ultimately, my opinion is just that. My coauthors and I are calling for a global discussion amongst researchers of all stripes, to include policy and legal experts, but also members of the public. We will be holding meetings next year – watch this: mbdialogues.org/ 6/6

Mirror Biology Dialogues Fund

The Mirror Biology Dialogues Fund (MBDF) supports broad science-focused discussions to advance the conversation on mirror biology.

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28 Jun 2023
New publication!🥳Our cell-free expression (CFE) system derived from JCVI-syn3A cells is now functional. We hope it can serve as a new platform for synthetic biologists. Thanks to all collaborators involved @KateAdamala and @JCVenterInst! 🔖pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Cell-Free Expression System Derived from a Near-Minimal Synthetic Bacterium

Abstract. Cell-free expression (CFE) systems are fundamental to reconstituting metabolic pathways in vitro toward the construction of a synthetic cell. Alt

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That's a wrap! Awesome #US visit starting w/#SynCell2023 (impeccably organized @KateAdamala) #Minneapolis, visiting Larry Wackett @UMNews & @AristildeLab @NorthwesternU #Chicago discussing work @LabNikel & collaborations—thank you all (also @GoldytheGopher) for an amazing time!
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Elisa Roberti@A_Elien5
27 May 2023
I had an amazing time collaborating with incredibly beautiful people from all over the world 🤩 Thanks to all the @buildacell group! #buildacell #SynCell2023 #bioengineering #biotech
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25 May 2023
Today's @buildacell Workshop 10 is extremely productive, with energy carried over from #SynCell2023. Working groups are producing papers and frameworks on different important community problems. #synbio #bioengineering #biotech #biotchnology
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Just wrapped up the #SynCell2023 Conference! What an incredible mind-blowing journey it has been! 🌟Huge shoutout to the organiser, particularly @KateAdamala, for putting together an incredible event. 👏🏻 Can’t wait for the next one! 🙌🏻 #ScienceCommunity
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Today's @buildacell Workshop 10 is extremely productive, with energy carried over from #SynCell2023. Working groups are producing papers and frameworks on different important community problems. #synbio #bioengineering #biotech #biotchnology
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Last day of #SynCell2023, we were joined by a special guest, an example of #bioengineering that went horribly right: Goldy the Gopher came to learn how to build synthetic cells. He also helped us with poster prize ceremony. @BaSyCresearch #biotech
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How to make a cell? From the man that did it. #SynCell2023 keynote by John Glass from @JCVenterInst showing the process of making a Mycoplasma based synthetic cell. #biotech #bioengineering @BaSyCresearch
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Awesome morning @syncell2023 with @KateAdamala Paul Freemont and John Glass, design-build-test-learn in synthetic cells. @SynCellEU @JCVenterInst @PaulFreemont
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Final day of #SynCell2023 with keynote by @PaulFreemont from @IC_CSynBio @imperialsynbio Giving us a blueprint for contructing a synthetic cell. There's remarkably little involved in actually staying alive, a trackable engineering problem. #synbio #bioengineering #biotech
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A #SynCell2023 talk about useful things we can do with cell-free systems by @SebastianMaerkl of the @MaerklLab: cheaper PURE systems, chemoststs and other useful #bioengineering tricks. @BaSyCresearch #synbio
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Day 2 of #SynCell2023 opened by @DoraTang5 talking about synthetic cell toolkits. Fascinating talk about investing general principles of life to rebuild it. @BaSyCresearch @buildacell @BaCSouthAmerica #bioengineering #synbio
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