Emily Leproust – Making DNA from Scratch

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

We're living in an age where not only can DNA be synthesized, but it can be applied as a technology. The applications of DNA are manifold, and some, never-before-seen. TwistBioScience creates DNA that can be used to produce chemicals, store data, improve vaccines and therapeutics, and produce disease- and climate-resistant plants.
The thing about DNA is, the longer you get, the harder it is to make. Twist makes DNA in short strands… about one millionth the length of the human genome: 3,200 base pairs. (When you're making DNA with under 10,000 base pairs, you can use E. Coli, which is a well-understood, and well-behaved organism.) These small genes can still be deployed, though; and in today's market, that's where the demand is.
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0:00.0	Welcome to Almost Here, Round the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs.
0:07.9	Future Technologies always to transform our lives for better or worse are the focus of this podcast.
0:13.6	Almost here means these technologies are now here and starting to be used.
0:17.7	We're just around the corner.
0:19.7	From Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, 3D around the corner, from Bitcoin to artificial intelligence,
0:22.0	3D printing, blockchain, virtual reality, and more.
0:26.1	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with Future Tech Podcast. Today, my guest is Emily Leproost,
0:32.6	CEO of Twist Bioscience. Emily, how you doing?
0:36.4	I'm doing great. Thank you for the invite.
0:38.9	Yeah, I'm glad you're here.
0:40.8	First question is, can you tell listeners at Twist Bioscience, what do you guys do with
0:45.8	the company's efficient and work?
0:48.2	Sure, yeah.
0:49.1	So what we do at Twist is we make DNA from scratch.
0:53.5	And to do that, we are using a silicon technology.
0:59.1	And we are applying that technology to make DNA and advance the research of our customers
1:08.8	in a few areas.
1:16.6	One area is the production of chemicals by fermentation instead of using oil as a source of carbon.
1:20.6	Another area is the modification of plants to get higher,
1:26.6	a yield, better
1:27.8	protection
1:31.3	against extremes of disease,
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