This is the site of Ananda Gabo
for the course How to Grow Almost Anything 2021.

I'm an industrial designer and creative food technologist who craves foundational knowledge to play with. I'm not a student of + I am not affiliated with any of the institutions involved, but I am thankful for the opportunity to join this class.

Principles & Practices

WEEK 1: David Kong (MIT), Joe Jacobson (MIT), George Church (Harvard), Megan Palmer (Stanford). TA(s): Sebastian Kamau

Designing Synthetic Biology Systems

WEEK 2: George Church (Harvard). TA(s) Jessica Weber, Verena Volf

Protein Design

WEEK 3: Shuguang Zhang (MIT) and Thras Karydis (DeepCure). TA(s): Eyal Perry

Remote Lab Automation

WEEK 3.5: Eyal Perry (TA)

Next Generation Synthesis

WEEK 4: Joe Jacobson (MIT) & Emily LeProust (Twist BioSciences). TA(s): Eyal Perry

Measurement and Imaging

WEEK 5: Evan Daugharty (ReadCoor). TA(s): Erkin Kuru

Circuits, Sensors & Cell-Free Systems

WEEK 6: Kate Adamala (U Minnesota), Jim Collins (MIT), Ally Huang (Biobits). TA(s): Erkin Kuru

Bio-Production

WEEK 7: Patrick Boyle (Ginko Bioworks). TA(s): Pat

Engineering the Gut Microbiome & Microfluidics

WEEK 8: David Kong (MIT), Mariana Matus (Biobots.io). TA(s): Pat

3D Bioprinting and Biofabrication

WEEK 9: Nina Tandom (EpiBone). TA(s): Patrick Fortuna, Bob Hendrikx

Genome Engineering

WEEK 10: John Glass (J.Craig Venter Institute), George Church (Harvard). TA(s): Alex Mijalis, Sebastian Kamau

Final Presentation

WEEK 11: Everyone!

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