LordMailman

I have a BS in Biology with a concentration in Ecology. I've been out for about a year working for a large biotech firm.

I've actually begun a project working with CRISPR now! I've been wanting to use it for a few months but I just managed to get my boss on board. We're trying to do some gene knockouts.

Hello there!

I'm very excited to see that cool things like this are being done with synthetic biology! I genuinely believe that synthetic biology is the future and particularly in small startups like yours.

Do you have any advice for a recent college grad who wants to get into synthetic biology? I have been looking at PhD and masters programs. Given the current situation in academic funding I am disinclined to enter a PhD program now.

I think i am mostly interested in tweaking bacterial genomes to produce useful chemicals such as a biofuel, pharmaceutical or other industrially relevant chemical.

What's your favorite new synthetic biology technique from the past five or so years?

This is a great idea! Best of luck to you all!