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SOSV's IndieBio and Genome Project-write partner to fund and advise startups • May 24, 2022.
First GP-write Pilot Project Funded to Advance Grand Challenge • May 10, 2017
Commentary in Science
The Genome-Project Write: We Need Technology and an Ethical Framework for Genome-Scale Engineering
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Pioneering Geneticist Explains Ambitious Plan to “Write” the Human Genome This Medical News podcast discusses the Human Genome Project-write with Harvard geneticist, George Church, PhD. Mama Medical News Podcast July 5, 2022
DNA Writing Progress Presented at GP-Write’s Annual Conference. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN). October 22, 2021.
This CAD Program Can Design New Organisms. IEEE Spectrum. October 18, 2021.
GP-write Partners with DNA Script to Accelerate DNA-Writing Technology and Accessibility. Business Wire. October 18, 2021.
Genome Project-write virtual conference: Release of Whole Genome Design Tech; Announcing partnership with SOSV's IndieBio to Fund, Incubate Newcos. AAAS EurekAlert! October 13, 2021.
New Podcast: George Church on Woolly Mammoths, Organ Transplants, and Covid Vaccines. Leaps.org. October 7, 2021.
40th Anniversary Recollections & Predictions. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (GEN). October 4, 2021.
Scientists Completed the First Human Genome 20 Years Ago. How Far Have We Come, and What’s Next? Singularity Hub. September 28, 2021.
Five Trendy Technologies: Where Are They Now? Nature. June 21, 2021.
New Computer Software to Advance Genome Design Capabilities. EurekAlert! May 12, 2021.
CAD Platform Developed by GP-write and Twist to Launch Large Genome Projects. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. May 12, 2021.
The New Synthesis: How Synthetic DNA Technology is Transforming Drug Discovery. Drug Discovery World. May 10, 2021.
With This CAD for Genomes, You Can Design New Organisms. IEEE Spectrum. March 11, 2021.
Whole-Genome Synthesis Will Transform Cell Engineering. Scientific American. November 10, 2020.
The Pershing Square Foundation Awards $3 Million to Innovative SARS-COV-2 Research Projects, Pershing Square Foundation. July 7, 2020. CNN Opinion. April 29, 2020.
The Next Pandemic Could Be Even Worse. CNN Opinion. April 29, 2020.
Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates Places The Future Of Genetics In The Spotlight. Albawaba. March 26, 2020.
As Zymergen Buys EnEvolv, Biological Manufacturing Is Ready To Transform How Industry Makes Everything From Airplanes To Air Jordans. Forbes. March 19, 2020.
WHO Expert on coronavirus. Jamie Metzel, Author HACKING DARWIN. Radio interview on IHeartRadio. March 17, 2020.
How to build a genome. Nature. February 24, 2020.
Synthetic genomics – Inside the effort to create entire genomes from scratch. Lifeboat News: The Blog. February 18, 2020.
Organizing genome engineering for the gigabase scale. Nature Communications. February 4, 2020.
Programming Life, Preventing Bioterrorism and Viruses that Kill Cancer | Andrew Hessel. Business Computing World. January 27, 2020.
Learning to Speak Genome. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Online. January 16, 2020.
From CRISPR Multiplexing to Pleistocene Park. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Online. January 3, 2020.
GP-Write: Quest for the Synthetic Human Genome. subrealism. December 18, 2019.
Scientists Laid Out a Technological Roadmap for What They'll Need to Write Synthetic Genomes From Scratch. Discover Magazine Online. December 9, 2019.
The Dawn of Cheap and Easy DNA Writing. Medium/NEOLIFE. December 3, 2019.
Cell-free synthetic biology comes of age. BrightSurf.com. December 2, 2019.
10 reasons to build the human genome from scratch. Medium. November 26, 2019.
Supertechnology Will Define the 21st Century and Not Status Quo Trends. Next Big Future. November 19, 2019.
How synthetic biology will allow us to redesign humans 'from the ground up'. Genetic Literacy Project. November 18, 2019.
As first lab-made yeast genome nears completion, scientists set sights on improved human ones. STAT Morning Rounds. November 14, 2019.
The Dawn of Cheap and Easy DNA Writing. Neo.Life. November 14, 2019.
Will Designing Our Own Biology Be the Next Big Thing In Medicine? The Low-Down. November 11, 2019.
A Roadmap and Wish List for Synthetic Genomics. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. November 5, 2019.
Technological challenges and milestones for writing genomes. Science. October 18, 2019.
Scientists Laid Out a Technological Roadmap for What They'll Need to Write Synthetic Genomes From Scratch. Discover. October 21, 2019.
Tennessee researchers join call for responsible development of synthetic biology. Santech360. October 20, 2019.
Researchers call for responsible development of synthetic biology. Science Daily. October 18, 2019.
Science Looks at Beneficial Genetic Variants in the Melanesian Population, and More. GenomeWeb. October 18, 2019.
Tennessee Researchers Join Call for Responsible Development of Synthetic Biology. UT Institute of Agriculture. October 17, 2019.
Gene Editing: Will It Make Rich People Genetically Superior? Metro. May 15, 2019.
With a ‘Recoded’ Bacteria Genome Made from Scratch, Scientists Give Life a New Dictionary. STAT. May 15, 2019.
Inside The Race To Build Life From Scratch. Neo.Life. December 2018.
Changing the Field of Genome Engineering. BioTechniques. September 4, 2018.
Labcyte to Support GP-write Project Under New Agreement With Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology. MarketWatch. July 17, 2018.
New DNA Synthesis Method Could Soon Build a Genome in a Day. Singularity Hub. July 10, 2018.
11 Developments and Discoveries in Human Biology and Medicine Over the Past Ten Years. Interesting Engineering. June 23, 2018.
Genome Writing Project Aims to Rally Scientists Around Virus-proofing Cells. Science. May 1, 2018.
Genome ‘Writers’ Set Their First Goal: Recoding Human Cells to Resist Viruses. STAT News. May 1, 2018.
Scientists Announce Plan to Create Virus-Proof Cells. Time. May 1, 2018.
Artificial Genome Scientists Want to Build Human Cells That Are Impervious to Viruses. Gizmodo. May 1, 2018.
“Project Recode” Aims to Make Human Cells Invulnerable to Infection. Technology Review (MIT). May 1, 2018.
Cellectis Inks Deal with Wyss as Church Puts Talens at the Heart of Cell Recoding Effort. BioWorld/Dublin. May 1, 2018.
George Church, CRISPR Pioneer, Embraces Alternative Tech In Project To Recode A Human Genome. Forbes. May 1, 2018.
Superimmune Cell Lines Courtesy of Synthetic Biology. Genetic Engineering News (GEN). May 1, 2018.
Scientists Aim to Create Cells Resistant to Viruses and Aging. Earth.com. May 4, 2018.
Make 'Em Resistant to Viruses. GenomeWeb. May 1, 2018.
The Next Best Version of Me: How to Live Forever. Wired. March 27, 2018.
BGI Launches George Church Institute of Regenesis. GenomeWeb. October 26, 2017.
6 Amazing Things to Watch in Synthetic Biology. Neo-Life. October 12, 2017.
Scientists Build DNA From Scratch to Alter Life's Blueprint. The Associated Press. July 26, 2017.
Writing the Human Genome. Chemical & Engineering News. July 10, 2017.
New Natural Selection: How Scientists Are Altering DNA to Genetically Engineer New Forms of Life. Newsweek. June 29, 2017.
CNBC Article on GP-write. May 2, 2017.
Nature lists Jef Boeke and GP-write as "Ones to Watch in 2017". Nature. December 22, 2016.
The following articles are representative of the coverage of the May 2017 GP-write Annual Meeting.
“New Natural Selection: How Scientists are Altering DNA to Genetically Engineer New Forms of Life.” Newsweek. June 29, 2017
“Genome writing project confronts technology hurdles.” Science. May 18, 2017
“Artificial Human DNA Within 5 Years.” Front Line Genomics. May 15, 2017
“We Should Study Octopus DNA To Better Understand Our Own.” Motherboard. May 15, 2017
“Human DNA Will Be Synthesized Within 5 Years, Prominent Geneticist States.” Big think. May 14, 2017
“Scientists raise concern by wanting to create synthetic human genomes.” NPR. May 14, 2017
“GP-Write And The Future Of Biology.” Huffpost. May 12, 2017
“Now That We Can Read Genomes, Can We Write Them?” The Atlantic. May 10, 2017
“Plan to build synthetic human DNA genome gains momentum.” BioNews. May 8, 2017
“Money still missing as the plan to synthesize a human genome takes another step forward.” Science. May 8, 2017
“Scientists Gather for Genome Writing Conference, but Funding is Scarce.” Scientific American. May 10, 2017
GP-write attracted a great deal of interest with the issuance of a Press Release and online publication of a Commentary in Science on June 2, 2016. It was covered by 195 news outlets worldwide garnering over 91 million impressions. The following 10 articles are representative of the coverage.
“Scientists propose project that includes making human DNA”. Associated Press. June 2, 2016.
“Let’s Synthesize the Human Genome, Says HGP-write”. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. June 3, 2016.
“Scientists launch proposal to create synthetic human genome.” The Guardian. June 2, 2016.
“The Next Genetics Moonshot: Building a Human Genome from Scratch.” IEEE Spectrum. June 2, 2016.
“Scientists call for global drive to create the first ever synthetic human genome.” The Independent. June 2, 2016.
“Plan to synthesize human genome triggers mixed response.” Nature. Jun 2, 2016
“Human Genome Project-write.” Neurologica blog. June 3, 2016.
“Scientists Announce HGP-Write, Project to Synthesize the Human Genome.” The New York Times. June 2, 2016.
“Scientists reveal proposal to build human genome from scratch.” Science. June 2, 2016.
“Audacious project plans to create human genomes from scratch.” STAT. June 2, 2016.
