DTU Skylab: Applied AI Lunch Talk

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Talk

Using AI to Design Smarter DNA for the Future of Biotechnology 

Technology and economic drivers of modern biotechnology include AI as well as the automated reading and writing of DNA. Along with the popularization of advanced genetic engineering approaches, e.g. CRISPR, a new era of bioengineering has begun where we are no longer limited by the “cut and paste” of naturally occurring genes and sequences, but rather by our ability to design novel functional DNA, engineered genomes, and synthetic organisms. AI approaches used by Tailwind Biotech are addressing specific design challenges used for engineering improved protein production in host organisms. 

Speaker

Christopher Workman CSO and Co-founder of Tailwind Biotech 

After 20 years of academic research in systems and synthetic biology, Chris transitioned to the startup world when he co-founded Tailwind Biotech. He led the Fungal Systems Biology group at DTU Bioengineering for much of his time at DTU, where he has applied computational and systems biology to problems in applied biotechnology.