“Our planet is the most scalable biological system. It’s a nonzero sum. That’s the game we want to play, where we win and build forever.“
Grow’s Christina Agapakis recently met with Eben Bayer to ask him how he scaled @ecovative , the mycelium company which finds new applications for these fungal root structures, which in the future could change the composition of the things we use. How does Bayer, after over a decade of running Ecovative, think about the tension between scale and growth, capitalism and sustainability? A raucous but pleasurable conversation ensued.
Artificial neural networks were developed in the mid 1900s to mimic the brain — yet biological networks have been around for billions of years. As AI and synthetic biology enter the picture together, what happens next?
Pitch us for The Networks Issue! Let’s tell the stories of the networks in our past, present, and future. To contribute, read our pitch guide at the link in bio, then email us at [email protected].
With mindboggling video art and music by @yoshisodeoka
Phages occur all over nature, floating in our oceans, teeming in soils and sewers, coexisting with us in our own guts—but identifying, designing, and delivering these viruses to the people who most need them has proved an aspirational goal. So far.
https://www.growbyginkgo.com/2023/06/30/going-viral/
“There is no other technological option I know of, if you want fish-like food that’s healthy, high quality, and safe, then going to a cellular agricultural approach.”
During Grow’s Popup event at Ginkgo Ferment, @popupmagazine helped bring Nadia Berenstein’s article, “Fish Out of Water” to life. To learn more about how to make lab-grown seafood delicious, visit our link in bio and watch the full video. You’ll be treated to live storytelling by Berenstein herself, accompanied by dazzling animations
It’s by necessity, not extension, that SynBio concerns itself with art, writes Victoria Campbell.
Read the full piece here, with amazing illustration by Sam Cannon:
https://bit.ly/3pvXpn7
#art #synbio #bioart
In our latest piece, Against Scale, author Claire L. Evans meditates on a new way of scaling with nature—how to grow without leaving behind a trail of ruin.
Read now, with dazzling renderings and animation by Joana Huguenin:
https://www.growbyginkgo.com/2023/05/01/against-scale/
The Scale Issue will be GROW’s first digital edition, and we want to open up the process more than ever before.
Find out more about this year’s theme and how you can contribute:
https://growbyginkgo.com/issue/scale/
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