Seminar

Synthetic Biology: Fundaments and Current Developments

Prof. Andrew Hessel

Autodesk Distinguished Researcher Andrew Hessel is a catalyst in biological technologies, helping industry, academics, and authorities better understand the changes happening in life science. He is also the co-founder of the Pink Army Cooperative, the world’s first cooperative biotechnology company, which is aiming to make open source viral therapies for cancer. He is a fellow at the University of Ottawa, Institute for Science, Society, and Policy and the former co-chair of bioinformatics and biotechnology at Singularity University.