Why the Best Science Needs Great Storytelling – Fay Lin

Fay Lin is a science journalist and Senior Editor at Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), where she covers breakthroughs across biotech with a particular focus on AI and protein design. Expect to learn what distinguishes sexy science stories from boring ones, why mental health for graduate students is in a state of crisis, and how to step away from the familiar path.

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: https://www.genengnews.com/

Fay’ recent article: https://www.genengnews.com/topics/artificial-intelligence/scratch-that-de-novo-antibody-design-enters-the-ai-drug-discovery-toolbox/

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Ravi Chawla is the Founder and CEO of ChakraTech, a startup developing biodegradable plastics by harnessing microbial processes. Ravi is a scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur whose mission is to create next-generation biomaterials that can drive the circular economy. Expect to learn why not just micro, but also nanoplastics, could be so destructive to our health, why scientists so often fail in pitching their ideas, and how to get more comfortable with the unknown.

ChakraTech: https://www.chakratechworks.com/

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Carson Bruns is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where his lab studies shape-shifting molecular machines. He is also the Co-Founder & President of HYPRSKN Inc, which has created Magic Ink - the world’s first rewritable tattoo ink. Expect to learn what happens to the immune system when you get a tattoo, how smart tattoos can help with diabetes and sunburn, and the medical benefits of reprogrammable body art.

Magic Ink: https://www.magic.ink/

Carson: https://www.carsonbruns.com/about

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