Henry Lee
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Building @cultivariumFRO. I like bio+hardware+software. Views can be yours too.
Boston, MA
Joined October 2007
Here's the masterplan.
What do we need to make it possible to write genomes as easily as we can read them? ✍️🧬 Our ideas on where to start are here.
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Get ready for the hairy giraffe.
Colossal Biosciences announced their plans to bring back the tallest bird that ever lived, which has been extinct for nearly 600 years. The giant moa.
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Repurposing seems like an evergreen siren- haven’t seen evidence of success anywhere proportional to the number of times/companies that have pitched it. Where it makes the most sense is in rare disease or when time is of utmost value.
There is surprisingly little data on how well drug repurposing actually works. Given the recent influx of AI-powered repurposing companies, I'd think someone would have a more-or-less consistent number for the success rate, but the estimates range from 30 % to 75 % for the same.
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Unwavering optimism for the USA.
My favorite speech about America was Reagan's last speech as president. He talks about what makes America great - immigrants. I tear up watching it, especially the last bit. highly recommend spending 4 mins to watch . 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Bring back the minidisc!!!.
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Gotta get smarter than boiling water.
"The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck. OBBB 'virtually guarantees that China will own the future of solar, wind power and electric cars and trucks, as well as autonomous vehicles'. 'And why? Because Rs view those as “liberal” energy sources'.
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Heat related deaths in Europe > Gun related deaths in the US.
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Hot take - when scientists allow “protein folding has been solved” into the zeitgeist and then award a Nobel, there might be some voices somewhere who are like wellllllllll then…. .
CASP is getting cut by NIH. 😢. (Anyone with extra funds wanna help support perhaps the most important competition of the century?).
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European friends- is your desire or use of air conditioning a shameful secret due to the carbon emissions?. Have heard from euro folks that it’s socially shameful to travel by flight or car instead of train (even if you’re saving 5-10x time)!.
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“Car, I’ll be back in 1 hour.”. It blasts AC on max at the 50min mark, then reduces so that I can be all comfy like when I get in. Isn’t this what AI is best used for? Why can’t I talk to my car?.
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Don’t worry. We can corrupt that alien software with better Will Smith Eating Pasta videos.
BREAKING: A source inside the White House says that NORAD has confirmed that the unidentified object passing by the moon is indeed a spacecraft NOT FROM THIS PLANET.
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Let’s do it.
Science isn’t losing because it’s wrong. It’s losing because it stayed silent while nonsense went viral. It's time to change that.
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The rest of the world won’t stay still. On the contrary, it is a great time for them to pounce on investments, talent, and progress while we are licking our own wounds.
While all eyes have been on the U.S.’s dramatic science policy shifts, the rest of the world hasn’t stood still. My round-up of U.K. investments in AI for Science—including OpenBind, new supercomputers, and self-driving labs—shows a distinct strategic trajectory
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Make it stop - “we just gonna go watch a movie and maybe vibecode a baby”.
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RT @CultivariumFRO: The future of microbial research depends on accessible genetics. Let’s talk about what’s possible—stop by Booth 1434….
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RT @sci_plant: A novel toolbox of GATEWAY-compatible vectors for rapid functional gene analysis in soybean composite plants . https://t.co/….
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