I've noticed that Edwin Wintermute, publisher of several interesting papers on PubMed in 2011, including microbial synthesis pathways on Hydrogen, is now a former lab member on the Silver Lab's OpenWetWare page. His Harvard email is also defunct. Anyone know if he has a website/contact or updates?
On Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:32:42 PM UTC-4, Jonathan Cline wrote:
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On Jun 20, 11:14 pm, kingjacob <kingja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From last weeks SB conference(PA200 in the book), Lysergic Acid in Bakers
> Yeast.
> By Edwin Wintermute out of Pam Silvers lab.http://img.ly/55An
>
> In case ya'll didn't get the memo, we are now living in the future :P
We are not yet living in the future. The entire pathway is years
from
working, if it ever does work, and only the 2nd step in a chain of
six
steps is currently successful, although the intermediate product it
is
being created in adequate quantities for subsequent steps to succeed.
The entire pathway may work at some point in the future, where the
future is approximately 6 to 10 years from now, or perhaps never.
i.e. the current student(s) will graduate before it is completed, and
the
project will continue with a new team.
As a comparison, Amyris took over 10 years to develop a simpler
pathway (as far as I understand the basics) although they invented
much of the technology on the way.
Link:
- Harvard scientists to make LSD factory from microbes
- Simple microbes such as those found in baker's yeast can be modified
to make LSD, suggests research by Harvard scientists
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/jun/21/ scientists-make-lsd-from- microbes
I add all of the above to insert some perspective since the hype
typically far outruns the fact.
Regarding the news that DARPA wants to significantly fund syn
bio. Now this is related to homeland security funds. Shouldn't
the idea of the pentagon dabbling in syn bio raise some eyebrows?
"What I particularly admire in him is the firm stand he has taken,
not only against the oppressors of his countrymen, but also
against those opportunists who are always ready to compromise
with the Devil. He perceives very clearly that the world is in
greater
peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those
who actually commit it." -- Einstein's tribute to Pablos Casals, in
Conversations with Casals
On Jun 21, 9:52 am, Simon Quellen Field <sfi...@scitoys.com> wrote:
> Unwisely?
> Do you fear that your government now has you on some list of dangerous
> people?
If you're not on the list, it's a sign you're not having enough fun.
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