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Jake Wintermute, PhD
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Jake is a synthetic biologist whose work bridges engineering, biology, and communication. He holds a PhD in systems biology from Harvard University.
From 2011-2022, he was a researcher and group leader at the Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI) in Paris, France (Since renamed the LPI). His Synthetic Biology One video series brought basic biology lab techniques to more than one million viewers.
From 2022-2025 he was resident Developer Evangelist at Ginkgo Bioworks. His Foundry Theory blog and video series covers cutting-edge topics in AI, lab automation and DNA design.
Christina Agapakis
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Christina is a synthetic biologist and creative director who works at the intersection of biology, design, and society. She holds a PhD in biological and biomedical sciences from Harvard University.
During decade leading creative and marketing at Ginkgo Bioworks, she has built organisms, brands, teams, products, started two magazines, engineered photosynthetic animals, launched a Biodesign store, resurrected the smell of extinct flowers, put a T-Rex on the NY stock exchange, made cheese with the bacteria from human skin, and made COVID testing available for millions of American students.
