Announcing BioCoder issue 3

Were excited about the third issue ofBioCoder, OReillys newsletter about therevolution in biology and biotechnology. In the first article of our new issue, Ryan Bethencourt asks the question What does Biotechnology Want? Playing withKevin Kellys ideasabout how technological development drives human development, Bethencourt asks about the directions in which biotechnology is driving us. Were looking for a new future with significant advances in agriculture, food, health, environmental protection, and more.

That future will be ours if we choose to make it. Bethencourts argument (and Kellys) is that we cant not choose to make it. Yes, there are plenty of obstacles: the limits to our understanding of biology and genetics, the inadequate tools we have for doing research, the research institutions themselves, and even fear of the future. Well overcome these obstacles; indeed, if Bethencourt is right, and biology is our destiny, we have no choice but to overcome these obstacles. The only question is whether youre part of the revolution or not.

In addition toWhat Biotechnology Wants, heres whats in the current issue:

And of course, community announcements.Have suggestions? Send them in!To keep up-to-date, well be adding new announcements to the BioCoder home page.

Were always looking for new material. We have particular interests in synthetic biology and neuroscience; were also interested in your ideas tell us what youd like to write about. We need your news and announcements as well, and we want to hear about biohacking labs that are opening, new startups, and product announcements. If youre interested in writing, email us at biocoder@oreilly.com.

To download the current issue of BioCoder, visit the BioCoder website.

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