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One of the subtle beautiful perks of being a researcher at Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI): the diversity of living organisms we engineer. Even though I tinker microbes, I love peeking at what is growing in the plant incubator. And a flower just blossomed!

From all the AI announcements of the day (Meta V-JEPA, OpenAI Sora), this is the one I am the most excited about. Ginkgo Bioworks's Generative AI to scale global immunization. Adjuvant supply is a huge bottleneck to make efficient vaccines readily available. Way to go!

Happy Friday! As we continue to mark Black History Month, Ginkgo's Katherine Johnson ERG would love to highlight the impact and ownership shown by our very own Luis Ortiz! Luis shares that the "impact I'm most proud of that I've made on Ginkgo's mission is onboarding unbiased

I find this one of the most fascinating drug discovery stories of all time because it shows the power of traditional knowledge. It brings me the immediate thought: what would we discover if we (ethically) partnered with stewards of traditional knowledge around the world?

In admiration of our team's hardwork. Contributing in such a tour-de-force landmark feels really special. QS-21 pushes the boundaries of what is possible engineering biology. Thanks to my PhD advisor Jay Keasling and Yuzhong Liu for leading this impressive work!

It is Keasling Lab 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ tradition to go White Water Rafting in the Summer. There is a legend that the members who fall in the rapids become professors... We got 3 epic falls this season! 😎 Thanks Jay for this awesome experience. We love splashing you!! 💙😂

Creating a start-up felt like a daunting, out-of-reach dream. 5050 made me believe I can and showed me how. I recommend this program to all the relentless scientists-builders out there🌱🌎🧬

Kamala's mother immigrated from India to pursue a PhD & stayed to work as a cancer researcher Kamala's father immigrated from Jamaica to pursue a PhD & stayed to work as a professor Immigrant scientists contribute not only to science but to society at large -- for generations

The Keasling Lab is now accepting applications for fall semester undergraduate research with availability in these projects! Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, apply here: forms.gle/Pbwmpk8qT1yPn8…

We're excited to share the work led by Dr. Peter Winegar on the complete biosynthesis of verazine. This accomplishment marks the #1st heterologous steroidal alkaloid produced in engineered yeast, unlocking future drug development. Congrats, Peter!! 🧬🎉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Personal news I'm so proud! 🎉 Got awarded independent funding from UC Berkeley @BioEnginuityHub & am building my own robotics + AI research Keasling Lab 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️. AND 2 incredible students are pursuing their thesis with me!! Sara comes from 🇩🇰 DTU & Marina from 🇪🇸 Univerdad de Madri. ❤️

There is something quite extraordinary about witnessing closely a new era un-folding, the entire field being transformed, and now seeing the Nobel Prize going to protein design. It feels like... "wow! what a time to be alive!!!".

Our cup runneth over 🥹 Institute for Protein Design

Dream BIG today folks. Imagine a timeline where Cook never reaches Hawai‘i, Cortés never arrives at Tenochtitlan, and the Niña, Pinta, and Santa María are still trees in the earth. Where would Indigenous peoples be today? Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay ❤️nationalgeographic.com/culture/articl…

Someone recently said Puerto Rico is just an island full of garbage, which reminded me of a grad school interview in the U.S. a few years ago when a professor told me they were 'surprised' I could be so smart coming from Puerto Rico. I’ve faced comments like these too often in

We interface with digital sequence information like in a marketplace--clicking, ordering, & shipping through same-day deliveries. Yet biology grows in the living world. It has continental-scale structures & economical-cultural-spiritual roots sustaining the livelihoods of people.

🎄🧬 Happy Holidays from the Keasling Lab 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️! 2024 was a year full of scientific breakthroughs and collaborations. May biology continue to solve global problems in 2025 🧬🎄

We're thrilled the work led by our Ph.D. candidate Maria Astolfi (Maria Astolfi) is out now on Nature Communications! Our lab has been historically committed to social responsibility. Here, we propose partnerships with Indigenous Peoples for an ethical bioeconomy. nature.com/articles/s4146…