2025 iGEM Responsibility Conference Report: Synthetic Biology Governance

Always appreciate perspectives from a ground-breaking organization like iGEM. Also, always eager to hear lessons distilled from key experts like Justin Taylor at Anthropic and others that are working on thorny AIxBio issues. #AIxBio represents both new capabilities that may increase amplification risks (that people may do terrible things even better than historically) and also deal with accessibility risks (think of this as a numbers game). Rather than reinventing the entire wheel, we can bridge existing gaps we see between biosecurity and AIxBio. Experts should be tracking, just as this report did, how the changes in our scientific practices could introduce both novel challenges and expose previously unknown gaps. Massive thanks to Christopher Isaac as he leads through the mantle of responsible innovation, and eager to see what he does next!

If you were not able to attend the 2025 iGEM Responsibility Conference, the summary report is now available! Read insights from scientists, technologists, ethicists, and policymakers on topics such as #syntheticbiology governance in the Global South, mirror life, and community/stakeholder engagement. Of course, it also includes intel on the OECD-chaired session on SynBio and AI convergence 😉 🔹Opportunities and Applications: Distinguishing Hype from Reality 🔹Challenges: Disparities, Risks and Regulation 🔹Global Governance and Solutions Find the report here: https://lnkd.in/ebFndKk7

The 2025 iGEM Responsibility Conference Report is out! We spent two days in late October with scientists, policymakers, ethicists, and early-career researchers working through some hard questions in synthetic biology: how AI is changing biosecurity, what responsible governance looks like for research across the global north and global south, how to confront mirror life risks, and how to build public engagement that is honest and effective. Organizing this conference is one of the most rewarding parts of my work at iGEM. The conversations we have in the Nucleus are important ones, and I'm glad we can share them more widely now!

🚀 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲. 🔬 In a world drowning in data, most discoveries can stay hidden in plain sight for decades - fragmented, disconnected, or forever buried. Corpora.ai has built the world's first 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺, fusing the largest evolving graph of open-source intelligence with advanced reasoning. Designed to unearth hidden connections, delivering fully attributable insights in milliseconds, and accelerating real-world breakthroughs. For researchers, scientists, academics, policy leads, and innovators, this is a game-changer. It turns noise into clarity and ideas into evidence, faster than you could even imagine. Accelerating discovery and innovation on a global scale. See what is pushing the boundaries of frontier research: https://lnkd.in/epiaBnaa Proud to see British innovation leading the way in R&D. 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 - If your team is advancing the frontier of science in biotech and life sciences, advanced materials, sustainability, aerospace and defence, then feel free to reach out to us. #AI #Research #FrontierResearch #Innovation #UKTech #ScientificDiscovery #Sovereignty Mel Morris CBE Alexander Reip Paul Stewart Professor Andy Pardoe Aqib Bhatti

Such an important point by Dr. Heyo K. Kroemer. In so many conversations, you realize: breakthrough science is there — but scaling often depends on framework conditions, not ideas. That’s exactly why bio:cap brings politics into the same room as founders, pharma, AI, and investors. Curated. Focused. Actionable. Excited to share the full interview soon 👇 #biocapEurope #LifeSciences #TechBio #AI #VentureCapital 

I’ll be giving a keynote at the upcoming symposium “Organisms, Algorithms, and Alignment” at the Bielefeld University in Germany on March 24.    The alignment problem is not new.   It is the question of how parts with potentially different interests come together to form a functioning whole. Evolution has been working on this problem for billions of years.   Biological organisms exist because mechanisms evolved that align the interests of cells, tissues, and systems.   But those same mechanisms can also be hijacked.   We see similar patterns again and again across domains. Energy and resource flows. Communication systems. Bonding. Reward and reinforcement pathways.   These dynamics are now showing up in technological systems too.   In this talk, I’ll explain how evolutionary biology can help us understand alignment failures across systems and why those lessons matter as artificial intelligences begin to function more like social partners. Excited to have the chance to talk to an evolutionary biology audience about the ways that ancient evolutionary problems of cooperation and alignment are being recapitulated in our unfolding future with AI. JICE - Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment

I am beyond excited to finally share the premiere of our new "Synergy at the Extreme" video series! In this first episode, we dive straight into how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing microbial genetics. Serina Robinson explains how researchers are using AI to cut through complex data and focus on the signals that actually matter. If you are following the intersection of tech and science, you need to hear this. 👇 Check out the video below to see the future of research in action! #EXPLORA #AIInScience #ResearchInnovation #TechForGood

https://lnkd.in/dmb77rub Can AI Accelerate Scientific Discovery? Featuring Under Secretary Darío Gil | Betting on America Center for Strategic & International Studies 8 Apr 2026   In this wide-ranging conversation, Under Secretary Gil highlights the Mission’s focus on AI-driven scientific discovery and institutional innovations—from public-private partnerships to interagency coordination—aimed at accelerating research productivity. He also addresses research security, allied cooperation, and the long-term vision for a modernized U.S. science and technology ecosystem in an era where innovation has become the currency of power.

🌾 Starch Convention 2026 | Meet the Speaker 🎙️ ⏭️ We are happy to introduce Henri Max Deda as one of the speakers at our upcoming International Starch Convention! 🤝 🧬 With a background spanning molecular biotechnology, business, innovation, and leadership, Henri Max Deda brings a highly relevant perspective to one of the most pressing questions in modern research: how can teams work rigorously and efficiently in an environment of rapidly expanding scientific knowledge? 🤖 In his presentation, “How Research Teams Use AI to Read, Compare, and Organize Research Knowledge with scienceOS,” he will show how AI-supported research tools can help both academic and industry professionals navigate large bodies of literature more effectively. The session will focus on practical challenges many teams face every day — understanding new topics quickly, identifying the most relevant publications, comparing findings across multiple documents, and organizing growing collections of research in a structured way. 🛡️ A particularly exciting aspect of this talk is its relevance beyond academia. For industry professionals as well, the ability to review scientific evidence efficiently, collaborate securely, and turn complex literature into actionable insight is becoming increasingly important. scienceOS presents itself as an AI research platform that combines literature exploration, multi-document work, citation-network analysis, project organization, and collaboration features within a GDPR-focused, EU-based environment. 👉 Join us: https://lnkd.in/gRsFstnp This session promises valuable impulses for everyone interested in AI in research, knowledge management, digital research workflows, and collaborative innovation! #MeetTheSpeaker #InternationalStarchConvention #ScienceOS #ArtificialIntelligence #ai #ResearchTools #KnowledgeManagement #ScientificLiterature #Innovation #DigitalResearch #science #agf