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What “silent” DNA changes reveal about biodesign

What “silent” DNA changes reveal about biodesign

When AI changes the DNA but keeps the protein, what exactly has stayed the same?

Sep 17, 2026

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3 min read

Locating the carrier: what a living material asks of you

Locating the carrier: what a living material asks of you

A framework for designing with living and biological materials. Name the property you care about, find what actually carries it, and you'll know what the material asks of you: to keep it, preserve it, or tend it.

Jul 21, 2026

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9 min read

Who Is Really Working in the Lab?

Who Is Really Working in the Lab?

Yuning Chen on labour, ethics, and the hidden ecologies of biodesign

Feb 3, 2026

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12 min read

Before you build: instant safety briefs for biodesign projects

Before you build: instant safety briefs for biodesign projects

A Co-Pilot for safer biodesign

Oct 5, 2025

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6 min read

From Lab Bench to DOI

From Lab Bench to DOI

A guide for biodesigners to share data, code, and workshop materials in a citable way.

Sep 28, 2025

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10 min read

AnonBio Deep Dive: Building Anonymization for Biodesign

AnonBio Deep Dive: Building Anonymization for Biodesign

Complete annotated source code + customization guide

LockSimple

Sep 2, 2025

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12 min read

AnonBio: Anonymizing Biodesign Ideas

AnonBio: Anonymizing Biodesign Ideas

Finally, share and get feedback on biodesign ideas without the fear

Aug 30, 2025

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10 min read

Early release: the first accessibility study of protein design tools

Early release: the first accessibility study of protein design tools

Foundational Tier Members Only

Aug 25, 2025

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4 min read

Beyond Silicon: How a Living Thermostat Re-imagines Smart Design

Beyond Silicon: How a Living Thermostat Re-imagines Smart Design

Jasper Scheffer's fungal thermostat proposes intelligence through growth and care, not data

Aug 7, 2025

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5 min read

AI Is Changing How We Make Bio-Materials

AI Is Changing How We Make Bio-Materials

And Why Biodesigners Should Care

Aug 3, 2025

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9 min read

The Enzyme Whisperers

The Enzyme Whisperers

AI that reads sequences like fortune tellers read palms (and actually gets the predictions right)

Jul 29, 2025

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9 min read

Vibe Coding to Protein Shortlist

Vibe Coding to Protein Shortlist

A Creative Biodesign Workflow

LockSimple

Jul 20, 2025

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5 min read

From Observer to Designer: A Complete Toolkit for Slime Mold Biodesign

From Observer to Designer: A Complete Toolkit for Slime Mold Biodesign

Transforming Physarum polycephalum from scientific curiosity to design medium

LockSimple

Jul 15, 2025

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9 min read

When Your AI Makes "Mistakes" That Are Actually Helpful

When Your AI Makes "Mistakes" That Are Actually Helpful

Introducing AlphaFaults as Biodesign Methodology

LockSimple

Jun 30, 2025

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6 min read

The Glow Within: On Sharing Work Before the World Grows Cold

The Glow Within: On Sharing Work Before the World Grows Cold

What's been brewing this week?

Jun 18, 2025

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6 min read

Of Papers, Portfolios, and Promising Futures

Of Papers, Portfolios, and Promising Futures

What’s been brewing this week?

May 21, 2025

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7 min read

Where Biology Meets the Feed

Where Biology Meets the Feed

Reclaiming protein and tuning into the underground signals

May 13, 2025

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7 min read

How to Find Biotech Papers (for Designers)

How to Find Biotech Papers (for Designers)

Using a creative lens to score, scan, and sketch from science

LockSimple

May 12, 2025

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10 min read

Decode Biotech Papers, Vote Bio+AI Workshop, Explore Cultural Memory

Decode Biotech Papers, Vote Bio+AI Workshop, Explore Cultural Memory

Learn how to navigate biotech research, help shape our next workshop, and dive into a new biodesign conversation.

Apr 29, 2025

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3 min read

Biodesigners' Guide to Reading Biotech Papers

Biodesigners' Guide to Reading Biotech Papers

How to separate design-relevant insights from technical noise

Apr 29, 2025

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12 min read

When Kombucha Go Electronic

When Kombucha Go Electronic

Conversation with Vivien Roussel on BioHybrid Devices and Grown Technology

Oct 28, 2024

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9 min read

Canvassing in Biodesign

Canvassing in Biodesign

How Choosing the Right Canvas Can Elevate Design Outcomes

Sep 27, 2024

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13 min read

Made to Look Alive

Made to Look Alive

Surfacing Livingness as Design Strategy for Biodesigners

Sep 20, 2024

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13 min read

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