[DIYbio] Ginkgo Ferment invite

We're having a seminar and party Thursday Oct. 25, and I wanted to personally invite you. The seminar is day-long at the Hynnes Convention Center, co-located with the IGEM competition Giant Jamboree, bringing 3000 worldwide undergraduate competitors to Boston with their synthetic biology projects.

That evening we are also hosting a party celebrating the opening of our newest biological foundry in South Boston.

Please see the enclosed invitation. I know you're super busy, but I think you might enjoy this.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ginkgo-ferment-annual-meeting-bioworks4-opening-party-registration-48823710031

Best, tk

Please join me in Boston on October 25th for Ginkgo Ferment, Ginkgo Bioworks's inaugural annual meeting. 

We'll have a great lineup of speakers, highlighting exponential improvement in organism engineering tools, the role of biosecurity in national defense, new applications for synbio, and even the chance to smell a flower that's been extinct for over 100 years! 

You'll hear from

-      Tara O'Toole (Senior Fellow & Executive VP, In-Q-Tel; former Undersecretary of the Science & Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security)
-      Andy Weber (Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs)
-      Christian Henry (Director, Pacific Biosciences; former Chief Commercial Officer, Illumina)
-      Michael Egholm (Chief Technology Officer, Danaher Life Sciences)
-      Emily Leproust (Co-founder & CEO, Twist Bioscience)
-      Drew Endy (Silas H. Palmer Faculty Fellow, Stanford University)
-      Mike Gorenstein (CEO, Cronos Group)
… to name a few! You'll also have the opportunity to visit the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) Competition happening at the same time. Picture: 3,000+ students fired up about the GMOs they've built over the summer!


In the evening, we're having a party! Join us in celebrating the opening of our new foundry Bioworks4 at Ginkgo's HQ in the Boston Seaport. Tours, libations, dinosaurs, and more!