@PeterACarr

Synthetic biology, iGEM, parenting, weird nature, comedy. Soft spot for cephalopods. RT means interest, maybe agreement.

 MIT
Joined November 2013
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#ilike how our bravado for mastering the living world contrasts with our inability to master basic audio-visual equipment. #SB7conf
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The 2024 ⁦@iGEM⁩ undergrad winners!
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The 2024 ⁦@iGEM⁩ overgrad winners!
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⁦The @iGEM⁩ high school winners!
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I'm pumped to build an amazing interdisciplinary team at Penn. If you are passionate about using genomic technologies to probe the immune system, combining pooled genetic screens with language models, and transforming the future of cellular immunotherapy, please reach out! 🧵2/3
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It begins…
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Registration for the 2024 iGEM Competition is officially OPEN! Register by April 5 to avoid the late fee. 🔗bit.ly/403USwJ
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My best article @ScienceMagazine. It took ~1 year for me to publish it since its 1st submission. I hope it will positively change the #culture. I hope you will work together with me to make a better world for the next #generations. Please retweet broadly. science.org/content/article/…

How I overcame my anxiety to achieve my purpose as a professor

“I learned to spend more time trying than worrying,” this scientist writes

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An exciting line-up at #SEED 2024 Make plans to attend! synbioconference.org/2024

2024 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design (SEED)

SEED is the leading technical event for synthetic biology — covering the field from its foundations to its commercial applications. Gain insight into next-generation development strategies from...

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New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study nytimes.com/2023/11/12/healt…

New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study (Published 2023)

The trial involved only 10 patients, but it suggests cholesterol can be permanently reduced with a single treatment for patients at risk of heart disease.

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A thank you to all the 2023 iGEM Judges who helped evaluate, celebrate, & guide the next generation of synthetic biologists for the the 2023 iGEM Grand Jamboree! 💚 #iGEM2023
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The 2023 @iGEM Biobrick Trophy (undergrad division) goes to McGill!
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The 2023 @iGEM Biobrick Trophy (overgrad division) goes to Estonia-TUIT!
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The 2023 @iGEM Biobrick Trophy (high school division) goes to Japan-United!
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The 2023 @iGEM finalists have been posted! jamboree.igem.org/2023/resul…

iGEM 2026 Grand Jamboree — The World Expo of Synthetic Biology

Witness the future and meet tomorrow's synthetic biology innovators! 13–16 November, Paris Convention Centre.

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The @iGEM Grand Jamboree has its grip on me for the next 4 days. Let’s go! #iGEMjudging
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Peter A. Carr retweeted
Jon Entine
@JonEntine25 Oct 2023
Happy 41st birthday, genetically-engineered insulin. Your approval by the FDA in 1982 took 5 months. How many years would it take now? @henryimiller geneticliteracyproject.org/2… via @GeneticLiteracy
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U.S. urges DNA synthesis firms to ramp up screening for biosecurity threats science.org/content/article/…

U.S. urges DNA synthesis firms to ramp up screening for biosecurity threats

Companies should more closely monitor orders for dangerous sequences and block unqualified customers, guidelines say—but they remain voluntary

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On his birthday each year I like to celebrate and share the memory of my mentor Bob Watson, who had a huge impact on my career. Bob is best known as the co-inventor of quantitative PCR (qPCR, also called real-time PCR). The original paper: nature.com/articles/nbt0993-…
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Bob took a chance on me and gave me an internship at Cetus Corp right out of high school, more unusual at that time. (1980’s feels like the Stone Age now.) Cetus was the birthplace of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and I had the good luck to be there at just the right time.
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qPCR has been an invaluable tool for so many different types of experiments, including genotyping and threat detection/diagnosis. If you’ve had a “PCR test” for COVID, you have benefitted from Bob Watson’s ingenuity. Thank you for joining me in celebrating his life and work.
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