Drew Endy

“Let's make biology a design problem.”

“We are moving from reading the genetic code to writing it.”

“The race is on to develop the tools and technologies to make biology easier to engineer.”

“Our ability to engineer living matter is advancing far more rapidly than our ability to wisely manage it.”

“Biology is the most powerful technology ever created. DNA is software, protein are hardware, cells are factories.”

“By making biology easier to engineer, we can responsibly transition from a petroleum-based to a biology-based economy.”

“The most important thing to do is to take the technology and make it accessible and open.”

“The future of biology is not just discovery, but invention.”

“We're not just building things, we're building the builders.”

“What I can't create, I don't understand.”