Patrick Boyle

@patrickboyle.bsky.social

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Working on design language for biology at American Wetware. iCSO at ATCC. Previously CSO at Ginkgo Bioworks. @p_maverick_b on the old site

Original Apple I in wooden case designed and built by Steve Wozniak
This wasn’t an easy decision for me - I’m both excited and confident in the direction that Ginkgo is headed. While I won’t be part of Ginkgo moving forward, I will continue to be Ginkgo’s biggest supporter and a proud alum. As for me personally, I’m looking forward to taking a quick break to recharge before I start building the next thing. This is a pivotal time for the scientific community, and I don’t plan to stay on the sidelines. If you’re interested in chatting about the future of designing biology, I’m looking forward to catching up!
Last week I wrapped up at Ginkgo after 13 amazing years. It was, without a doubt, the best postdoc I could have asked for. I knew there was something special about Ginkgo’s founding team when I joined back in 2012, and I’m forever grateful that Jason, Reshma, Barry, Austin, and Tom took a chance on me back then. It’s been an incredible honor to be part of growing Ginkgo, going from a tiny pre-seed company, to seeing our work in fermentation tanks, field trials, and clinical trials. If you’ve been here, you’ll know that some of the most talented, creative people in the Boston area and beyond have made it a special place.
Inglorious bastards three fingers meme
Text excerpt: In 2004, Blue Heron Biotechnology (http://www.blueheronbio.com/), a leading gene synthesis company, organized the Big DNA Contest. They offered to synthesize, free of charge, the most interesting genetic construct longer than 40 kb that people would send them. One of the stated goals of this initiative was to encourage scientists to consider the potential impact of large synthetic DNA fragments on their research strategies. The company did not receive a single submission even though the estimated value of the grand prize exceeded US$250 000.
It's that AI-generated figure of a rat with giant balls. You know the one
Closeup of an airplane seat with USB-A and Ethernet on the back
Chief Miles O’Brien
Meme of Hillary Clinton visiting an East Harlem apartment
Two long egg logs, with sliced cross sections
Mark Cuban taking notes on Shark Tank
Street ad for the “Envy” apple - “Hey, Boston! Get ready to taste your new favorite apple”
Carmy from The Bear
Title card for Ginkgo Bioworks' Engineering Biology Club. Background photo of a pin that says "Born to gene edit" on it
Giant thumbs up meme - lone person says "pichia pastoris is called komagataella phaffii now," group gives him a big thumbs up and goes back to ignoring them
Don Draper pitching enzymes
Gordon Ramsey “finally, some good fucking food” meme
Wiki description of “Ceracean Ops”
Big red emergency stop button that isn’t connected to anything
Photo of the mass timber roof at PDX
I hope you all get the Nathan Fielder reference
Biology textbooks weighing down a liner for a car trunk