閱讀分享:生技前峰們對未來的看法

太久沒寫網誌了,這半年咻咻咻的就過惹,沈靜在打造實驗室的忙碌中,之後慢慢分享打造一個具有高通量能力之合成生物學實驗室以及居家實驗室的進展!

這邊來稍微摘錄一下六月發表在Nature Biotechnology的文章:Voices of biotech leaders 。這篇文章邀請了以下這些在生物科技發展前沿的領導者,談論一下他們對於未來產業的看法,有大學教授、生技創辦人、基金會管理人、創投、大型研究機構負責人等等,雖然實際瀏覽和查閱一下,總合來講還是只邀請了小部分的領導者,裡頭的比爾蓋茲和臉書創辦人老婆Priscilla Chan本身就是著名的名人,另外,George Churchm John Cumbers, Emily LeProust, Neri Oxman, Aviv Regev, J.Craig Venter等人之前就在關注,剩下的其他也是第一次認識,每個人其實只說幾句話,老實說與其閱讀內容,不然看看他們所屬的組織和google一下事蹟,會獲得比較多有趣的資訊,整體來說,都在表達生物科技的進步搭配資訊和運算的升級,將大大在各個層面改變人類的生活,雖然困然依舊很多,不是來自科技,而是來自於社會結構、法律、資源分布不均等等。:

  • Abasi Ene Abong, 54Gene, Nigeria
  • Katrine Bosley, Arrakis Therapeutics, USA
  • Charlotte Casebourn, Theolytics, UK
  • Priscilla Chan, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, USA
  • Janice Chen, Mammoth Bioscience, USA
  • Michael Chen, PureTech Health, USA
  • George Church, Professor at Harvard University, USA
  • John Cumbers, SynBioBeta, USA
  • Tomas de Wouters, PharmaBiome, Switzerland
  • Heather Dewey-Hagborg, REFRESH collective, USA
  • Xavier Duporter, Eligo Bioscience, France
  • Arturo Elizondo, Clara Food, USA
  • Jeremy Farrar, Wellcome Trust, UK
  • Bill Gates, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
  • Francesco Gatto, Elypta, Sweden
  • Sebastian Giwa, Elevian, USA
  • Jernej Godec, Atlas Venture, USA
  • Silvia Gold, Mundo Sano, Argentina
  • Emily LeProust, Twist Bioscience, USA
  • Jeantine Lunshof, Prof at University of Groningen, Netherlands
  • Eddie Martucci, Akili International, USA
  • Michelle McMurray Health, Biotechnology Innovation Organization, USA
  • Jason Mellad, Start Codon, UK
  • Veronika Oudova, S-Biomedics, Belgium
  • Neri Oxman, MIT Media Lab, USA
  • Aviv Regev, Genentech, USA
  • Sarah Richardson, MicroByre, USA
  • Christopher Thomas Scott, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
  • Jake Sherkow, University of illinois, USA
  • Leah Sibener, 3T Biosciences, USA
  • Teresa Tarrago, Exheus, Spain
  • Sharon Terry, Genetic Alliance, USA
  • J.Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter Institute, USA
  • Spin Wang , TetraScience, USA
  • Sajith Wickramasekara, Benchling, USA
  • Hakim Yadi, Closed Loop Medicine, UK
  • Luhan Yang, Qihan Biotechnology, China
  • Bowen Zhao, QuantiHealth, China