Patrick Boyle
@patrickboyle.bsky.social
I was a Synthetic Biologist before it was cool, now working on something new. Previously CSO at Ginkgo Bioworks. @p_maverick_b on the old site
💚 Some personal news… 💚
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June 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
💚 Some personal news… 💚
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“Komagataella phaffii”
March 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“Komagataella phaffii”
I think about this a lot
March 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I think about this a lot
It's been just over a year, and either no new papers have been published with AI-generated rat balls, or the newer models are just that good at generating anatomically correct rat balls
February 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It's been just over a year, and either no new papers have been published with AI-generated rat balls, or the newer models are just that good at generating anatomically correct rat balls
It must be hard for designers to keep up with rapid tech changes for long-lasting stuff like airplane seats, but I wish I could’ve been a fly on the wall for the meeting where they locked in the seatback Ethernet jack
January 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It must be hard for designers to keep up with rapid tech changes for long-lasting stuff like airplane seats, but I wish I could’ve been a fly on the wall for the meeting where they locked in the seatback Ethernet jack
My feed here is way more academic than on twitter, so as an industry scientist I feel like this all the time
January 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My feed here is way more academic than on twitter, so as an industry scientist I feel like this all the time
Long egg would be an ideal chassis for new yolk chromatypes
January 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Long egg would be an ideal chassis for new yolk chromatypes
If the world weren’t so weird about GMOs we could have a new fruit dropping every week
December 14, 2024 at 4:33 PM
If the world weren’t so weird about GMOs we could have a new fruit dropping every week
Took butter out of the fridge so that it’s room temp when I need it later
November 28, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Took butter out of the fridge so that it’s room temp when I need it later
Boston folks should check out our monthly Engineering Biology Club event - next one is coming up on Thursday 12/5 at 5:30PM. Come for the free food, and sign up for a lighting talk if you want to jam with us! Hosted by the one and only @synbio1.bsky.social
www.ginkgobioworks.com/learn/engine...
www.ginkgobioworks.com/learn/engine...
November 25, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Boston folks should check out our monthly Engineering Biology Club event - next one is coming up on Thursday 12/5 at 5:30PM. Come for the free food, and sign up for a lighting talk if you want to jam with us! Hosted by the one and only @synbio1.bsky.social
www.ginkgobioworks.com/learn/engine...
www.ginkgobioworks.com/learn/engine...
Can't wait for people to skeet me with their syn bio problems because I already know the way to fix them
November 17, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Can't wait for people to skeet me with their syn bio problems because I already know the way to fix them
I need people to understand that when I say Star Trek is my ideal future I mean that 100% literally
November 15, 2024 at 1:10 PM
I need people to understand that when I say Star Trek is my ideal future I mean that 100% literally
I’m not going to explain everything I did on twitter to the new folks but I will say that our lab safety team gave me a placebo e-stop button to stop me from hitting the real ones
November 12, 2024 at 9:28 PM
I’m not going to explain everything I did on twitter to the new folks but I will say that our lab safety team gave me a placebo e-stop button to stop me from hitting the real ones
The new PDX terminal is a love letter to woodgang
November 11, 2024 at 7:26 PM
The new PDX terminal is a love letter to woodgang
Looks like it’s iGEM FOMO season again. I’m just in the office having the time of my life with a bunch of friends. They’re all just out of frame, laughing too
November 1, 2023 at 6:39 PM
Looks like it’s iGEM FOMO season again. I’m just in the office having the time of my life with a bunch of friends. They’re all just out of frame, laughing too
Slowly convincing myself that it’s worth grinding for followers on here after 15 years on twitter
October 2, 2023 at 9:04 PM
Slowly convincing myself that it’s worth grinding for followers on here after 15 years on twitter
I remember thinking it was silly to make undergrads buy bio textbooks since the field moves too fast, but 20 years later I needed something to weigh down the liner I bought for my car trunk and there’s no way I could have done it with PDFS
July 3, 2023 at 6:13 PM
I remember thinking it was silly to make undergrads buy bio textbooks since the field moves too fast, but 20 years later I needed something to weigh down the liner I bought for my car trunk and there’s no way I could have done it with PDFS