Aug 30A white paper for rejuvenation therapies and blueprint for clock.bio“You can’t turn back the clock, kid! But you can wind it up again.” Cars 3, 2017 by Koby Baranes and Mark Kotter 1. clock.bio’s mission is to extend health span by 20 years based on biomarkers of ageing in a Phase 3 trial by the end of this decade. Age is the common risk factor for a diverse set of diseases that become the cause of our death. clock.bio seeks to increase health span by developing…49 min read49 min read
Mar 2Synthetic biology and the opportunity within the UK’s innovation landscapeAt the end of 2022, I wrote about the opportunity for UK biotech to contribute to the UK’s economic growth agenda and the bright future that awaits if the Government gets it right. Last week I had the chance to elaborate on what ‘getting it right’ might look like when…5 min read5 min read
Feb 28The next disruptive technology in medicine - human biologyAt a recent event I was asked what healthcare looks like in 2050. The answer I gave was twofold — it will be driven by data and it will be very personalised. Quite different to what we have today. And a key to unlocking it lies in having access to…Synbio7 min readSynbio7 min read
Jul 27, 2021Business & academia — perfect partners to achieve UN Sustainable Development GoalsA few weeks ago I had the privilege to be part of a fringe event at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2021. Our topic was how industry and academia collaborate to achieve the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) the UN has effectively set the world. These are big…Sustainable Development3 min readSustainable Development3 min read
Apr 26, 2021Why did I start a healthcare and cultured meat company?(In order to solve global challenges, we need to rethink sustainability.) Daan and Krijn, my co-founders in Meatable, and I connected back in 2016. Daan was working for a small charity supporting research in cultured meat and got really interested in a technology we were developing in my lab at…Synthetic Biology4 min readSynthetic Biology4 min read
Oct 15, 2019Introducing bit bio — coding cells, the building blocks of lifeOver the past decades we have made tremendous progress in biomedical research. Scientists are now able to turn individual genes off or on, and edit them with CRISPR; soon we will be able to record the activity of all genes in a single cell. Therapies have progressed from small molecules…Science4 min readScience4 min read
