1/2 Congrats to 2022 #AOBPostdoc Samuel Thompson, PhD, named a @homeworldbio Garden Grants awardee with a project focused on catalyzing biofuel production – a proof of concept and screening platform for designing proteins for organic solvents. ow.ly/K6jV50R7359 Polly Fordyce

Dropped today: Issue #8 of the Homeworld Confluence, a newsletter that highlights the latest climate biotech news, funding, jobs, & more

Highlights such as cellulose batteries, a White House bioeconomy announcement, & mycelium x synbio

Read the issue: mailchi.mp/homeworld.bio/…]

I was going to announce my latest essay with a thread, but I think Alex just saved me the job.

Science can learn from startups: 'Developing the Problem-Focused Founder.' punkrockbio.com/p/developing-t…

TLDR: We can create more small-team, high-agency opportunities for big problems.

Congrats to Assistant Professor Ahmed H. Badran, who has been awarded the 2024 Homeworld Collective Garden Grant for his work in climate biotechnology, receiving $150,000 for his research on RuBisCO, a vital enzyme in plants' carbon capture process.

More at: ow.ly/xAIq50R1JUV

How to grow (almost) any microbe. A New Hope. Using just 10% of a genome sequence, we can estimate the required environmental (salt, pH, oxygen, and temp) conditions for growing a microbe in the lab.

“Why apply for $1M Moonshot?”

Pillar VC believes brilliant ideas in tech, AI, robotics, climate, & biotech are forming inside research labs, MBA programs, college dorms, & alumni clubs.

The real question is, why not YOU?
Apply by March 22nd 11:59 PM EST moonshot.pillar.vc/harvard/

We're stoked to see Stephen's ideas as an Ideas Matter make it out into daylight!

🎙️Daniel Goodwin just gave his talk at the Automated Scientist Conference on Mapping the #Bioeconomy with #AI and #TEAs .

✏ This talk is an accumulation of the work Homeworld has been doing to explore the idea of a multi-scale map for the bioeconomy that is empowered by AI.

Homeworld and ARPA-E recently cohosted a climate biotech social in San Francisco to share ideas about problems in the field☀️

💡To end the night, everyone who attended had to find someone they don't know well and share one problem they are excited about in climate biotech!

Call for #climatebiotech companies and job seekers:

We’re building the (free) Climate Biotech Job Board! Whether you're hiring or seeking opportunities, we’d love for you to participate.

👇Learn more and show initial interest homeworldcollective.typeform.com/to/lPPsKPAC

We're excited to be attending SXSW for the first time this year! Paul Reginato will be on a panel to speak about building community in climate biotech alongside Niko McCarty 🧫, Judy Savitskaya and Vanessa Small.

Are you attending SXSW this year? Let us know ⬇️

Stripe Asimov

A great opportunity to work on climate biotech from the modeling perspective: from nanometers to kilometers, let's go!

Fast-moving $1M opportunity! 'The first phase will award incentive prizes to up to 50 compelling one-page proposals that present an innovative solution to a major GHG removal challenge, with an early submission deadline of February 1, 2024.' bezosearthfund.org/news-and-insig…

We're excited to announce the winners of the Homeworld Ideas Writing Challenge!

The 150 pieces submitted from over 15 countries explored how biology can enable a more positive future.

Read the winning pieces online here: homeworld.bio/blog/homeworld…

Niko McCarty 🧫 Pillar VC