Christina Agapakis
@agapakis.com
Crafting new stories where biology and technology meet oscillator.bio
I’ve been amazed seeing influencers raving about algae oil on tiktok so I went down a rabbit hole on the history of oil producing microbes, the promises of industrial biotechnology, and how we undervalue the real transformative work of product development open.substack.com/pub/oscillat...
Niche construction in the biomanufacturing valley of death
The thing about the valley of death is you have to wander it
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Had a lot of fun making bioshrek and collaborative pixel art www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gWSEdP/
I made this picture of shrek out of living fluorescent bacteria. What will you make at cheap.americanwetware.com? #shrek #bioshrek #science #robot #lab
TikTok video by American Wetware
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“We choose to not go to the moon… because it is hard.”
Nick Seaver@nickseaver.website · 4mo agothe conclusion to my third grader’s essay on the moon
every year we make a commemorative felt ornament for the tree, this year’s is:
32,000 years ago, an arctic squirrel ate parts of a plant, silene stenophylla, including its seed. The squirrel was digesting it when its life ended. Its body was recovered and examined. Scientists germinated this plant seed. This silene stenophylla just bloomed. It is 32,000 years old
A beautiful Somerville Christmas moment when five uhauls unite on the same block
“Is there a name for art where the vibe is “poetic science project?”” news.artnet.com/art-world/ag...
Why Is This Artist Growing Metal in a Box? | Artnet News
Agnieszka Kurant's "Collective Intelligence" at Marian Goodman shows her left-brain art for right-brain people (and vice versa).
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Found a friend for the Elaine #1 The Greatest mug we’ve had for 20 years
I do genuinely believe the reason we don’t talk about fungi more is because if the average human thought about it all for too long, it would lead to the destruction of civilization.
We scientists have a funny relationship with our humanness. For a long time, talking about science as a *human* practice could be perceived as a threat to objectivity and the validity of science.
“Now it is Tuesday but soon it will be tuesNIGHT” said the seven year old, sinisterly
Gave a talk today about public perception of engineered biology and managed to recreate the crazy wall meme position nearly exactly
Poppy had a good website design idea so we made it: howtolovebooks.com We’d love if you would share some good books for people just getting into books!
Just had to do the “in this house we don’t say ‘it’s science’ to win arguments” lecture
There are cathedrals (spicy pickle pizza) everywhere for those with eyes to see
Christina Agapakis@agapakis.com · 2y agoThere are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
"To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing" - Raymond Williams (radicalized by @agapakis.com)
