Working Groups

GP-write Working Groups

A number of GP-write working groups have been formed, the goal of which is to create charters, roadmaps and white papers on critical topics. Initially formed in May 2017, the working groups meet once per month, at a minimum.

Working Group Roadmaps


Submitted as of October, 2019

Technology and Infrastructure Development Roadmap

Submitted as of May, 2018

Ethical, Legal and Social Advisory Board Roadmap
Standards Roadmap
Computing Roadmap
Public Communications Strategy Roadmap
Intellectual Property Roadmap
Education Strategy Roadmap

The Safety Engineering roadmap is still under development and will be released later.

Working groups have been formed around the following topics:


  • Scientific Executive Committee
    • Farren Isaacs, Yale University - Co-Chair
    • Junbiao Dai, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) - Co-Chair
    • George Church, Harvard Medical School
    • Christopher Mason, Weill Cornell Medicine
    • Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Northwestern University
    • Harris Wang, Columbia University
    • Jef Boeke, New York University Langone Health
    • Josh Leonard, Northwestern University
    • June Medford, University of Colorado
    • Pamela Silver, Wyss Institute
    • Patrick Cai, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
    • Ron Weiss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Virginia Cornish, Columbia University
  • Technology and Infrastructure Development
    • Adam Marblestone, Kernel
    • Agnes Lukaszewicz, ChromoLogic
    • Alec Nielsen, Asimov
    • Alexander Smith, MilliporeSigma
    • Alexis Rovner, 64-x
    • Amy Schwartz, Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology
    • Andrew Hessel, Humane Genomics, Inc.
    • Axel Trefzer, ThermoFisher Scientific
    • Azam Khan, Autodesk
    • Ben Black, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    • Bill Efcavitch, Molecular Assemblies
    • Bill Peck, Twist Bioscience
    • Binay Panda, Ganit Labs, India
    • Bogumil Karas, University of Western Ontario
    • Cedric Wu, GenScript
    • Chuck Merryman, J Craig Venter Institute
    • Cintia Coelho, University of Brasilia, National Institute of S&T, Synthetic Biology
    • Daniel Arlow, University of California, Berkeley
    • David Maddow, Twist Bioscience
    • David McClymont, Imperial College London, DNA Foundry
    • Dhananjay Tiwary, Department of Biotechnology, India
    • Elibio Rech, EMBRAPA, National Institute of S&T, Synthetic Biology
    • Emily LeProust, Twist Bioscience
    • Eriona Hysolli, Harvard Medical School
    • Giovanni Stracquadanio, University of Edinburgh
    • Haixi Sun, National University of Singapore
    • Helge Bastian, ThermoFisher Scientific
    • Henri Berger, New York University Langone Health
    • Hille Tekotte, Edinburgh Genome Foundry
    • Jake Beal, Raytheon BBN Technologies
    • Jim Hollenhorst, Agilent
    • Joel Bader, Johns Hopkins University
    • John Glass, J Craig Venter Institute
    • June Medford, Colorado State
    • Leslie Mitchell, NYU Langone Health
    • Mark Stockdale, Horizon Discovery
    • Matthew Chang, National University of Singapore
    • Michael Lampson, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    • Mitsuo Oshimura, Tottori University
    • Nancy Kelley, Nancy J Kelley + Associates
    • Naresh Menon, Chromologic
    • Nathan McCorkle, Intel
    • Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee
    • Nicholas Roehner, Raytheon BBN Technologies
    • Nili Ostrov, Harvard Medical School
    • Omri Drory, Twist Bioscience
    • Patrick Weiss, Twist Bioscience
    • Scott Lenaghan, University of Tennessee
    • Sean Ward, Synthace
    • Sylvain Gariel, DNA Script
    • Teruhiko Suzuki
    • Timothy Wannier
    • Tom Ellis, Imperial College Longon
    • Victor Zhirnov, Semiconductor Research Corporation
    • Vincent Martin, Concordia
    • Wen Shen Yue, National University of Singapore
    • Wlodek Mandecki, PharmaSeq
    • Yasunori (Yas) Aizawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    • Yi Wu, Tianjin University
    • Ying Gu, National University of Singapore
    • Yosuhiro Kazuki, Tottori University
    • Yun Wang, National University of Singapore
    • Yuting Chen, Harvard Medical School
  • Ethical, Legal and Social Advisory Board
    • Carolyn Chapman, NYU School of Medicine/Division of Medical Ethics - Chair
    • Barbara Evans, University of Houston Law Center
    • Dov Greenbaum, Yale University
    • Gigi Gronvall, UPMC Center for Health Security
    • Irus Braverman, University of Buffalo
    • Matthew Porteus, Stanford University
    • Jamie Metzl, Special Advisor
    • Pilar Ossorio, University of Wisconsin
    • Robert Smith, Kings College
    • Rosario Isasi, University of Miami School of Medicine
    • Stephan Zuchner, University of Miami School of Medicine
    • Todd Kuiken, University of North Carolina
  • Safety Engineering
    • Farren Isaacs, Yale University - Chair
    • Alexis Rovner, 64-x
    • Barbara Evan, University of Houston
    • Cunjiang Song, Nankai University
    • Daisuke Kiga, Waseda University
    • Michael Chou, Harvard Medical School
    • Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee
    • Peter Carr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Labs
    • Weiwen Zhang, Tianjin University
  • Standards, Quality Control and Reporting / High Performance Computing
    • Jake Beal, Raytheon BBN Technologies - Chair
    • Bryan Bartley, BBN Raytheon - Chair
    • Chris Dwan, Independent Consultant - Chair
    • Binay Panda, Ganit Labs, India
    • Brian Bot, Sage Bionetworks
    • Bruce Wilson, Oak Ridge National Laboratories
    • David Ross, NIST
    • Dov Greenbaum, Yale University
    • Elizabeth Strychalski, NIST
    • Ingvar Helgason, Vitrolabs, Inc.
    • Jack R. Collins, National Institutes of Health
    • Jason Bobe, Personal Genomes, Mount Sinai
    • Jeff Hammerbacher, Mount Sinai
    • Jonathan Karr, Mt Sinai
    • Julien Mozziconacci, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris
    • Mark Gerstein, Yale University
    • Nam Pho
    • Rodney Marable, Sana Biotechnology
  • Intellectual Property
    • Kristin Neuman, MPEG LA - Chair
    • Amy Schwartz, Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology
    • Chris Mason, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Communications and Public Outreach
    • Carol Miller, Five Heads Strategic Communications - Chair
    • Daniel Grushkin, Genspace/Biodesign Challenge
    • Eve Kazarian, Harvey Mudd
    • Jeffrey Bessen, Harvard Medical School
    • Kevin Davies, Mary Ann Liebert Publications
    • Liam Holt, New York University Langone Health
    • Lynn Blenkhorn, Feinstein Kean
    • Richard Sever, Cold Spring Harbor Press
    • Robert Tercek
    • Rodrigo Martinez, Veritas Genetics
    • Simone Ross, Techonomy
    • Trevor Haldenby
  • Education
    • Ellen Jorgensen, Biotech Without Borders - Chair
    • Jamie Metzl, Special Advisor
  • Technology and Infrastructure Development
    • Daniel Arlow, University of California, Berkeley
    • Joel Bader, Johns Hopkins University
    • Helge Bastian, ThermoFisher Scientific
    • Jake Beal, Raytheon BBN Technologies
    • Henri Berger, New York University Langone Health
    • Max Berry, Bio-Tech and Beyond
    • Bryan Bishop, LedgerX
    • Matthew Chang, National University of Singapore
    • Omri Drory, Twist Bioscience
    • Bill Efcavitch, Molecular Assemblies
    • Sylvain Gariel, DNA Script
    • Ben Gordon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Broad Foundry
    • Ying Gu, National University of Singapore
    • Andrew Hessel, Humane Genomics, Inc.
    • Jim Hollenhorst, Agilent
    • Bogumil Karas, University of Western Ontario
    • Nancy Kelley, Nancy J Kelley + Associates
    • Emily LeProust, Twist Bioscience
    • Agnes Lukaszewicz, ChromoLogic
    • Adam Marblestone, Kernel
    • Nathan McCorkle, Intel
    • Wlodek Mandecki, PharmaSeq
    • Vincent Martin, Concordia
    • Naresh Menon, Chromologic
    • David McClymont, Imperial College London, DNA Foundry
    • Nili Ostrov, Harvard Medical School
    • Jeffery Schloss, Independent Consultant
    • Amy Schwartz, Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology
    • Alexander Smith, MilliporeSigma
    • Haixi Sun, National University of Singapore
    • Hille Tekotte, Edinburgh Genome Foundry
    • Dhananjay Tiwary, Department of Biotechnology, India
    • Axel Trefzer, ThermoFisher Scientific
    • Yun Wang, National University of Singapore
    • Sean Ward, Synthace
    • Yi Wu, Tianjin University
    • Wen Shen Yue, National University of Singapore
    • Meng Zhao, New York University Langone Health
    • Alec Nielsen, Asimov
    • Azam Khan, Autodesk
    • Bill Peck, Twist Bioscience
    • Binay Panda, Ganit Labs, India
    • Cedric Wu, GenScript
    • Chuck Merryman, J Craig Venter Institute
    • Cintia Coelho, University of Brasilia, National Institute of S&T, Synthetic Biology
    • David Maddow, Twist Bioscience
    • Elibio Rech, EMBRAPA, National Institute of S&T, Synthetic Biology
    • Giovanni Stracquadanio, University of Essex
    • John Glass, J Craig Venter Institute
    • June Medford, Colorado State
    • Leslie Mitchell, NYU Langone Health
    • Mark Stockdale, Horizon Discovery
    • Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee
    • Nicholas Roehner, Raytheon BBN Technologies
    • Oshimura, Tottori University
    • Patrick Weiss, Twist Bioscience
    • Scott Lenaghan, University of Tennessee
    • Teruhiko Suzuki
    • Tom Ellis, Imperial College Longon
    • Victor Zhirnov, Semiconductor Research Corporation
    • Yasunori (Yas) Aizawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    • Yosuhiro Kazuki, Tottori University
  • Ethical, Legal and Social Advisory Board
    • Irus Braverman, University of Buffalo
    • Barbara Evans, University of Houston Law Center
    • Dov Greenbaum, Yale University
    • Rosario Isasi, University of Miami School of Medicine
    • Jeantine Lunshof, MIT Media Lab; Harvard Medical School
    • Jonathan Moreno, University of Pennsylvania
    • Pilar Ossorio, University of Wisconsin
    • Matthew Porteus, Stanford University
    • Robert Smith, Kings College
    • Stephan Zuchner, University of Miami School of Medicine
    • Todd Kuiken, University of North Carolina
    • Gigi Gronvall, UPMC Center for Health Security
    • Carolyn Chapman, NYU School of Medicine/Division of Medical Ethics
    • Arthur Caplan, NYU Langone School of Medicine
  • High Performance Computing and Data Infrastructure
    • Jason Bobe, Personal Genomes, Mount Sinai
    • Brian Bot, Sage Bionetworks
    • Jack R. Collins, National Institutes of Health
    • Chris Dwan, Independent Consultant
    • Mark Gerstein, Yale University
    • Dov Greenbaum, Yale University
    • Jeff Hammerbacher, Mount Sinai
    • Ingvar Helgason, Vitrolabs, Inc.
    • Rodney Marable, Biogen
    • Nam Pho, NYU Langone
    • Bruce Wilson, Oak Ridge National Laboratories
    • Binay Panda, Ganit Labs, India
  • Safety Engineering
    • Peter Carr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Labs
    • Michael Chou, Harvard Medical School
    • Barbara Evan, University of Houston
    • Farren Isaacs, Yale University
    • Daisuke Kiga, Waseda University
    • Brad Schmier, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Cunjiang Song, Nankai University
    • Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee
    • Weiwen Zhang, Tianjin University
  • Standards, Quality Control and Reporting
    • Jake Beal, Raytheon BBN Technologies
    • Bryan Bartley, BBN Raytheon
    • Jonathan Karr, Mt Sinai
    • Elizabeth Strychalski, NIST
    • David Ross, NIST
  • Intellectual Property
    • Bryan Bishop, LedgerX
    • Kristin Neuman, MPEG LA
    • Amy Schwartz, Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology
    • Chris Mason, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Communications and Public Outreach
    • Jeffrey Bessen, Harvard Medical School
    • Ariel Conn, Future of Life Institute
    • Kevin Davies, Mary Ann Liebert Publications
    • Daniel Grushkin, Genspace/Biodesign Challenge
    • Liam Holt, New York University Langone Health
    • Rodrigo Martinez, Veritas Genetics
    • Simone Ross, Techonomy
    • Richard Sever, Cold Spring Harbor Press
    • Lynn Blenkhorn, Feinstein Kean
    • Carol Miller, Five Heads Strategic Communications
  • Education
    • Jeanne Garbarino, Rockefeller University
    • Ellen Jorgensen, Biotech Without Borders
    • Christine Marizzi, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory