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The Future of Food, Technology

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Lab-Grown Meat is Scaling Like the Internet

Its easy to think that there’s hype in Lab-grown meat. Just another Silicon Valley utopian tech. The idea of growing meat without animals is everywhere and very distant at the same time. As I write, #labgrown meat is a global trend. 80 startups work on Lab-grown meat worldwide in one…

Future Of Food

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Lab-Grown Meat is Scaling Like the Internet
Lab-Grown Meat is Scaling Like the Internet
Future Of Food

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The Future of Food, Technology

·Mar 24, 2020

The New Economics of Biotech Offers a Third Way for Scientists

This is a repub of a blog post I wrote Feb 27, 2016 The falling costs in DNA, first from PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and then from sequencing, has driven an amazing drop in cost of doing business in biotechnology. Plus, the earlier generations of basic tools have come out…

Biotechnology

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The New Economics of Biotech Offers a Third Way for Scientists
The New Economics of Biotech Offers a Third Way for Scientists
Biotechnology

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Aug 8, 2019

Dark ages or enlightenment

Dark ages or enlightenment

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proto.life

·Jun 14, 2018

Evolution’s Secret Ingredient

“The Rise of Yeast” explains how one fungus altered history. —

Science

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Evolution’s Secret Ingredient
Evolution’s Secret Ingredient
Science

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The Future of Food, Technology

·Nov 7, 2017

Protein is the Killer App for Synthetic Biology

Engineering pathways is still an art; commercializing the products is a black art. The protein production pathway is a remarkable exception, scaling reliably and offering new kinds of functionality for products. With a greater agility and a spectrum of innovative commercial applications as examples, protein is SynBio’s killer app. With…

Startup

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Protein is the Killer App for Synthetic Biology
Protein is the Killer App for Synthetic Biology
Startup

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The Future of Food, Technology

·Feb 16, 2017

Building Food Molecule by Molecule

Lessons learned in Biotech Food Innovation Over our first four classes and 55 startups funded, IndieBio has built up a new class of food companies. We are so honored that AgFunder’s annual survey voted IndieBio one of the ‘Top 3 most valuable’ accelerators in AgTech. It’s been a lesson for…

Food

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Building Food Molecule by Molecule
Building Food Molecule by Molecule
Food

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SOSV

·Feb 13, 2017

BioTech Plain and Simple

IndieBio SF is preparing to bring in our fourth cohort which should include our 57th company next month. We fund larger and more frequent classes which works to create momentum, interest and stronger networks for our companies. That model recently made SOSV the largest portfolio of BioTech companies (by number…

Biotechnology

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BioTech Plain and Simple
BioTech Plain and Simple
Biotechnology

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Feb 8, 2017

Dystopia Now! Orwell Lost His Mind, Just Like We are Losing It Today

1984 is the #1 top seller on Amazon as I write this. It is a book that comes back in surprising times and the millions of high schoolers forced to read it since haven’t rendered it obsolete. As we look to the past try to understand what‘s happening now, the…

1984

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Dystopia Now! Orwell Lost His Mind, Just Like We are Losing It Today
Dystopia Now! Orwell Lost His Mind, Just Like We are Losing It Today
1984

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Oct 7, 2016

Announcing IndieBio’s 4th Class!

IndieBio is excited to announce our newest class of thirteen biotech startups. These companies are bringing innovation to a host of industries, from classical biotech spaces like drug development and medical devices all the way to veterinary, information storage, and utilities markets. While these companies will be based in downtown…

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IndieBio

·Aug 17, 2016

IndieBio’s Lab Evolves with the Elemental Machines Smart Lab

Elemental Machines is a new startup that is building the smart lab for 21st Century BioTech R&D. IndieBio SF, the world’s premiere Synthetic Biology accelerator, is excited to announce a partnership for its participants to have access to the Elemental Machines’ suite of products to enhance their experimental research work. …

Synthetic Biology

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Synthetic Biology

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Ron Shigeta

Ron Shigeta

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Future of Food Entrepreneur. Startup Advisor, Co-Founder, IndieBio and Startup Biotech.

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