building @Octantbio. ex-@Dropbox. ex-@Google. @representus & @rutgersSOE boards.
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It was a good night for democracy. 4/5 wins, including here in Oakland, and waiting to hear on the fifth. @representus represent.us/election-2022/
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"When I joined Octant I knew about its deep expertise in synthetic biology... What I did not expect was to find such exciting boundary-pushing science happening at the level of chemistry and computation as well." -@HNisonoff
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Applications are now open for the Octant Apprenticeship program! It's a one-year, full-time research experience in chemistry, multiplexed assays, bioinformatics and synthetic biology. Be a part of a fast-paced, biotech startup with us! Apply here: octant.bio/jobs
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Super excited to announce that we're opening up the application for our next class of @OctantBio Apprentices (OA)! If you, or someone you know/mentor/teach is excited about #biotech #startups and #drugdiscovery, check out the application here -> octant.bio/jobs?gh_jid=46391…
I am sad to see @nlarusstone go, but so excited for him. It is a recursive surge of excitement to see somebody who helped push our vision forward become a founder and strike out to pursue a belief in how the world should be. 1/3
I can’t repeat often enough how special a place @OctantBio is! The last 2 years have been a time of incredible learning.
A short thread of some of the (technical and non-technical) things I learned:
@srikosuri and I prioritize making @OctantBio a place where people can practice building stuff. From debates about what @OctantBio projects are worth pursuing to openly discussing org issues to lunch groups discussing the challenges of building startups. 2/3
If you are a software engineer excited or curious about building software to harness the power of biology, please reach out. octant.bio/jobs?gh_jid=45974… 3/3
Feature request: A little timer that starts running as soon as I switch to my slack app, with a 'Stop' button for when I start doing the thing I came to slack to do, and an 'I forgot' button for most of the time.
Great example of step change decrease in cost enabling a new way to build. Cheaper plasmid verification may not revolutionize your current cost structure, but how would you reimagine your design/build/test/learn if you could verify orders of magnitude more constructs? – at California, USA
.@BryanLJiang calculated costs of full plasmid seq/well dev on how many 96-well plates of colonies seq’d using Octopus2. Really changes the way we build stuff here, pretty easy to implement and cost effective even at lower scale; full protocol/code here octant.bio/blog-posts/octopu…
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.@BryanLJiang calculated costs of full plasmid seq/well dev on how many 96-well plates of colonies seq’d using Octopus2. Really changes the way we build stuff here, pretty easy to implement and cost effective even at lower scale; full protocol/code here octant.bio/blog-posts/octopu… – at Berkeley, CA
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RIP Tony Sirico. Legendary. Silvio’s best buddy “Paulie Walnuts” in The Sopranos, Frankie “The Fixer’s” older brother Antonino “Father Tony” Tagliano in Lilyhammer. A larger than life character on and off screen. Gonna miss you a lot my friend. Deepest condolences to the family.
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Future founders: Apply to become a Neo Scholar.
We've just opened applications for @Neo Scholars, our program to help America's most promising junior engineers become future tech leaders. (1/9)
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Hot take: just left a @CA_DMV in Oakland. Forms presubmitted online. Appointment time honored. Staff was efficient very courteous and kindly dispensing help to everybody around me. Was really impressed. – at Oakland, CA
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If you would like to attend the next one, join the @bitsinbio slack community👇🏽.
Meetups in Boston, DC, LA, London, NYC, SD, SF, & more.
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Full house tonight @a16z for the Software Builders in Bio event with @bitsinbio + fireside chat with @sajithw @benchling 🙌
@JorgeCondeBio @vijaypande @nlarusstone @vintweeta @ZakDoric @daisydwolf @EllenTunoa @kkerames @atcz93
Was honored to speak to the incredible @RutgersSOE class of 2022 at graduation today. 25 years after mine. They persevered through trying times. I felt a palpable energy that our future is in good hands. Excited to see what future they will build for us. @RutgersU – at Piscataway, NJ
Not surprised that the @material_sec team continues to have success. They’re solving one of the central digital security problems in such a clever and well-crafted way. Happy for @internet_meme @abhishek0918, their whole team, and all the customers whose bacon they’re saving.
🎉 Excited to announce we’ve raised $100M at a $1.1B valuation led by @traestephens at @foundersfund and joined by @a16z and @eladgil.
📰 Read the details in @forbes: forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/…
A huge thank you to our customers, employees, and supporters.💙
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Hard to image @OctantBio without @JorgeCondeBio @vijaypande and their amazing team members. They’ve been impactful, supportive, and fun. They’re pragmatic, but they also dream with us about building on our vision for the future of medicine.
Biotech can be a brutal business but I’m so fortunate to be part of an industry that has the potential to profoundly impact so many.
Thank you @Jasonmmast + @endpts for telling our story.
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Very excited about Troy, a fellow ChemE, taking the helm. Seems like yesterday we were clueless (well, that was just me) 1Ls meeting in D’Agostino hall.
Troy McKenzie ’00 will serve as the new dean of NYU Law, effective June 1. ow.ly/nQzB50IVJyT
ALT Troy McKenzie