Talks & Events

SELECT INVITED TALKS

244. MIT J-WEL Connections, panelist, “Enabling Radical Accessibility to Synthetic Biology Learning,” December 3, 2024

243. Earth One Atlantic Crossing Morning Assembly, “Earth One Fellow Keynote,” Atlantic Ocean, November 8, 2024

242. Tsinghua University, “Biotic Design,” October 30, 2024

241. Iowa State University Lecture Series, “How To Grow (Almost) Anything: The Use and Future of Synthetic Biology,” Memorial Union Great Hall, Iowa State University, October 24, 2024

240. Revive & Restore, “Building Community Power for Coral Conservation,” October 24, 2024

239. Engineering Leaders of Tomorrow, “Cultivating your authentic voice in science & engineering,” Iowa State University, October 11, 2024

238. Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Summit, “Global Eco-Augmentation for understanding, preserving, and augmenting vital ecosystems,” Geneva, Switzerland, October 10, 2024

237. MIT Media Lab Fall Member Event, “Community Biotechnology Initiative,” MIT Media Lab, October 9, 2024

236. 15th Annual Better World by Design Conference, Keynote Speaker, “Biotic Design,” Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design, October 5, 2024

235.  Bio Summit Reunion, host and keynote speaker, October 5, 2024

234.  ARPA-H, “Connected Mind and Body,” MIT Media Lab, September 24, 2024

233.  DARPA Biotechnology Office (BTO), “Community Biotechnology and HTGAA,” MIT Media Lab, September 19, 2024

232.  MIT J-WEL, “A robotic cloud lab network for enabling global, collaborative synthetic biology learning and research,” MIT, September 10, 2024

231.  BioMADE, “How to grow (almost) anything,” MIT Media Lab, August 8, 2024

230.  Waters Academy, “Youth Leadership in Steam,” Waters Corporation, Milford, MA, July 9, 2024

229.  How to Grow (Almost) Anything, “Closing Keynote,” May 14, 2024

228.  Revive & Restore, “Stakeholder Innovation in Coral Conservation,” May 5, 2024

227.  Stanford Bo4Everyone, “LABraries Networks Workshop,” May 2, 2024

226.  FAB Academy, “Bio Academy,” April 29, 2024

225.  Stanford Bio4Everyone, “LABraries Bio Security Workshop,” April 24, 2024

224.  How To Grow (Almost) Anything, lecture, “Microfluidics,” April 23, 2024

223.  How To Grow (Almost) Anything, lecture, “Building Microbiomes,” April 16, 2024

222. MIT Media Lab Spring Member Event, “Transformative Biotic Design,” April 9, 2024

221. Stanford d. School Seminar, “Biotic Design,” Stanford University, March 25, 2024

220. Revive & Restore, “Coral Conservation & Regeneration,” March 22, 2024

219. Labroots Automation Keynote, “How to grow (almost) anything: a robotics-enabled learning model for global synthetic biology education,” March 20, 2024

218. Transformative Design Series, MIT Media Lab and Morningside Academy for Design, “Biotic Design,” March 18, 2024

217. How To Grow (Almost) Anything, “Opening Keynote,” February 6, 2024

216. MIT Visiting Committee, “Cultivating Creativity,” MIT Media Lab, November 28, 2023

215. National Academy of Science, Science & Entertainment Exchange, “AfroRithms Symbiosis: a cooperative world-building game,” Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA, October 26, 2023

214. MIT Media Lab Fall Member Event, “Building with Biology,” October 24, 2023

213. Bio Fest Astros, “Global Community Biology,” Astros, Greece, October 19, 2023

212. MIT Biological Engineering Faculty & Department Retreat, “How to Grow (Almost) Anything and Grow Communities,” October 10, 2023

211. Accenture, “Biocemented Carbon Capture Bricks,” July 31, 2023

210. Festival of Consciousness, “Ancient Future Technology,” Barcelona, Spain, July 16, 2023

209. Waters Academy, “Building Teams, Engaging Communities,” July 12, 2023

208. Center for Biotechnology Innovation and Training, University of Washington Bothell, “Transformative Biotechnology in the Pacific Northwest,” May 9, 2023

207. ARPA-H, “Connected Mind & Body,” May 12, 2023

206. How To Grow (Almost) Anything, lecture, “Building Microbiomes,” May 9, 2023

205. FAB Academy, “Bio Academy,” May 1, 2023

204. MIT Media Lab Transformative Design Series, “Biotic Design,” April 28, 2023

203. Thermo Fisher Scientific Key Opinion Leader Dinner, lecture, “How to Grow (Almost) Anything,” April 25, 2023

202. How To Grow (Almost) Anything, lecture, “Microfluidics,” April 25, 2023

201. Waters Academy, MIT Media Lab, “Innovating with STEAM,” April 19, 2023

200. MIT Media Lab Spring Member Event, “Cultivating Creativity,” panelist with Professors Mitchel Resnick, Tod Machover, Danielle Wood, Zach Lieberman, and Ekene Ijeoma, April 4, 2023

199. MIT Media Lab Spring Member Event, “Creative Bursts,” graduate student panel moderator, April 4, 2023

198. MIT Media Lab Spring Member Event, “Connected Mind & Body: Research,” Media Lab researcher panel moderator, April 4, 2023

197. MIT Media Lab Spring Member Event, “Connected Mind & Body: Miracle of Science,” moderator with Professors Rosalind Picard, Pattie Maes, Deblina Sarkar, Canan Dagdeviren, April 4, 2023

196. Publicis Sapient, “Innovation at the Edge, Keynote” March 30, 2023

195. American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, “Redesigning Public Health with Technology,” panelist with Susan Blumenthal, M.D. (New America), Sheri Lewis (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory), Chad Mirkin, Ph.D. (Northwestern University), Shantanu Nundy, M.D. (Accolade), March 3, 2023

194. City Sci-fi: Speculative Movie Making Towards the Design of Future Cities, “Living Cities,” February 15, 2023

193. Joe Blair Epic Human Podcast, “featuring Dr. David Sun Kong,” January 30, 2023

192. Global Community Bio Summit 6.0, “Opening Keynote,” January 27, 2023

191. MIT Media Lab South East Asia Forum (Beyond the Elephant in the Room), “Material Alchemist: Bits, Atoms, & Magic,” December 20, 2022

190. MIT Media Lab South East Asia Forum (Beyond the Elephant in the Room), “Creativity Across Scales: Co-Creating Communities of Possibilities,” December 19, 2022

189. University of Pennsylvania, Biodesign Course, lecture “Living Design,” November 22, 2022

188. STAT News, “Ancient Future Technology,” November 13, 2022

187. STAT News, “Biota Beats,” November 13, 2022

186. MIT Media Lab Lifelong Kindergarten, “Cultivating Creativity,” November 10, 2022

185. MIT Media Lab Member Event, “Community Biotechnology Initiative,” October 26, 2022

184. Fathomers Astro-Egalitarian Virtual Network (AEVN) Convening, participant, “Afrorithms for the Future,” October 23, 2022

183. AIM Heartland Developers Conference Keynote, “Innovation at the Edge,” October 3, 2022

182. Ancient Future Technology (MIT) lecture, “Storytelling & Public Narrative,” September 20, 2022

181. US Cellular Inclusion Summit, “Radical Inclusion in Science,” August 18, 2022

180. Public Health Technology Summit, co-organizer and moderator of conference including Rochelle Walensky (CDC Director), Sethuraman Panchanathan (National Science Foundation), Ashish Jha (White House COVID-19 Coordinator), Karen DeSalvo (Google Chief Health Officer), Andrea Mitchell (MSNBC), and others. Washington D.C., July 18, 2022

179. Google, “Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Keynote,” July 12, 2022

178. Biofabricate, “Seeding Bio Innovation,” June 6, 2022

177. Wiring WIC Symposium, moderator of conference including Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), May 23, 2022

176. Estee Lauder, “Cultivating Creativity,” May 19, 2022

175. Arizona State University Public Health Technology Advisory Council, “Public Health Technology,” May 5, 2022

174. How To Grow (Almost) Anything, lecture, “Building Microbiomes,” April 12, 2022

173. How To Grow (Almost) Anything, lecture, “Microfluidics,” April 12, 2022

172. MIT Media Lab, panelist, “Cultivating Creativity,” April 12, 2022

171. The Connecticut Forum, “Life in 2042—How We’ll Work & Live in the Future,” April 9, 2022

170. Connecticut Future Scientists, “Microbes & Beats,” March 10, 2022

169. MIT Media Lab Member Week, “Community Biotechnology Initiative,” March 10, 2022

168. National Science Foundation Engineering Visioning Alliance Keynote, “Diversity & Agency at the

167. Multidisciplinary Frontiers of Technology,” March 9, 2022

166. TEDx Boston, “Biota Beats: The Musical Microbiome of Boston,” March 7, 2022

165. Greater Lawrence Technical School, “The Bridge Program,” December 22, 2021

164. Clearview Healthcare Partners, “Diversity in STEM - Embracing the Full Range of Human Creativity,” December 15, 2021

163. The Future Archive on Design Observer Podcast, “S1E9: The Mask,” December 2, 2021

162. 7uice Foundation Gala, “The Bridge Program,” November 30, 2021

161. Global Community Bio Summit 5.0, “Opening Keynote,” November 19, 2021

160. Waters Corporation, “How do we dramatically improve access to global life sciences education and opportunity across the world?” November 16, 2021

159. Ginkgo Ferment, closing keynote, “Biota Beats: The Musical Microbiome of Boston,” October 28, 2021

158. MIT Media Lab Member Event, “Community Biotechnology Initiative,” October 7, 2021

157. KONE, “Diversity & Inclusion at the Frontiers of Science & Technology,” September 29, 2021

156. Catalyst Conversations, Globe Summit, “Public Health, Reinvented,” September 22, 2021

155. Latin American Fab Lab Network, “Community Bio,” September 21, 2021

154. Global Community Bio Fellows, “Opening Keynote,” September 11, 2021

153. The Bridge Program, “Synthetic Biology Futures,” August 18, 2021

152. Catalyst Conversations, moderator, “Rapid Research & Disruptive Development,” August 12, 2021

151. The Bridge Program, “Life Sciences: Musical Microbiome,” August 11, 2021

150. Catalyst Conversations, moderator, “Scientific Disruptions and the Post-COVID future,” June 25, 2021

149. Sun Life, “The Bridge Program,” June 15, 2021

148. NASA, Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Keynote, “Building STEAM: Radical Inclusion in the Life Sciences,” May 27, 2021

147. FAB Academy, “How To Grow (Almost) Anything,” May 16, 2021

146. How To Grow (Almost) Anything, MIT Media Lab, “Microbiome & Microfluidics,” April 27, 2021

145. MIT Media Lab Diversity & Leadership Program Future Maker Spring Camp, “COVID-19 & Synthetic Biology,” April 22, 2021

144. Design Across Scales (MIT), “Designing Life,” March 9, 2021

143. MakeHaven, “Community Bio,” December 17, 2020

142. Trusted Pandemic Technologies, “Vaccines for All,” December 11, 2020

141. Millipore Sigma, “Pandemic Response Programs with Patrick Schneider,” December 7, 2020

140. Sympoiesis Seminar, “Making With and Coming Together in a Multispecies World,” November 25, 2020

139. Waters Corporation, panelist, “Science Together for a Better Tomorrow,” November 18, 2020

138. Catalyst Conversations, moderator, “Lessons Learned on the Road to Pandemic Preparedness,” November 18, 2020

137. MIT Media Lab, conversation with Dr. Susan Blumenthal, “The World We Build: Equitable Technology,” October 28, 2020

136. Global Community Bio Fellows, Closing Keynote, October 22, 2020

135. Catalyst Conversations, moderator, “Validating and Sharing Scientific Information,” October 13, 2020

134. MIT J-Wel, “What COVID-19 Has Taught Us About the Future of Research,” October 13, 2020

133. Bio Summit 4.0, Opening Keynote, October 9, 2020

132. MIT Alumni Leadership Conference, “MIT Making A Better World: The Pandemic,” September 26, 2020

131. Catalyst Conversations, moderator, “Innovations in Diagnostics and Detection on the Road to Re-densification,” August 20, 2020

130. MIT Media Lab, “Trust in Pandemic Tech: Smartphone Apps for Participatory Response,” August 6, 2020

129. Global Community Bio Fellows 2.0 Program, Kickoff, August 4, 2020

128. MIT Media Lab, “Responsible Data in the Time of Pandemic,” July 29, 2020

127. WBZ Radio, Interview, June 25, 2020

126. Catalyst Conversations, panelist, “Harnessing Data, Diligence, and Collective Intelligence,” June 25, 2020
125. Manifest Boston, “Manifest Mornings with David Kong and Kathleen Kennedy,” June 25, 2020

124. MIT Media Lab, “Pandemic Response CoLab Workshop,” June 24, 2020

123. MIT Media Lab, “Beyond COVID-19 Workshop,” June 23, 2020

122. World Health Organization (WHO), “Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing,” June 11, 2020

121. Takeda Get Curious with CSLI, podcast featuring David Sun Kong, June 11, 2020

120. Catalyst Conversations, moderator, “Mask Innovations for Virus Transmission Control,” May 28, 2020

119. Museum of Science, panelist, “Biotechnology Town Hall,” May 5, 2020

118. Produce and Service Development in the Internet Age, “Community Bio: A Maker Movement for the Life Sciences,” May 6, 2020

117. How To Grow (Almost) Anything, “Engineering the Gut Microbiome,” March 21, 2020

116. PAWA, “Ancient & Future Technologies,” March 21, 2020

115. How To Grow (Almost) Anything, “Hardware & Microfluidics,” March 10, 2020

114. Wearable Biotech, “Wearable Biotech & Growable Interfaces, March 4, 2020

113. Design Across Scales, “Designing Life,” February 24, 2020

112. Design Observer Conference, “Growing Community Bio,” Cambridge, MA, September 15, 2019

111. bioFASHIONtech Summit, “Panel: Materials & Market,” Stamford, CT, June 24, 2019

110. Nation of Makers, Closing Keynote, “Community Bio: A Global Maker Movement for the Life Sciences,” Chattanooga, Tennessee, June 16, 2019

109. Pfizer Asian Pacific American History Month, "Panel: Asian American Leadership in the Sciences,” Groton, CT, May 29, 2019

108. metaPhorest Seminar, Waseda University, “Community Bio,” Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2019

107. Takeda Superminds, "A Superminds Approach to Innovation,” Tokyo, Japan, May 20, 2019

106. Residency Unlimited Talk, “Panel: An Evening Conversation on Dirt & Debt: Ecology, Finance and Art at the Community Level,” Brooklyn, New York, April 27, 2019

105. UPenn ‘Design.Learn.Compute with Bio,’ “Panel: Bridging Communities, Broadening Access,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 26, 2019

104. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Louise M. Slaughter National DNA Day Lecture, “Crossing Cultures: An Exploration of Microbial Music and the Community Bio Movement,” Bethesda, Maryland, April 23, 2019

103. Design Across Scales, “Designing Life,” Cambridge, MA, April 22, 2019

102. Africa Open Science & Hardware Summit, “An Exploration into the Movement, Technologies, and Culture of Community Bio,” Tanzania, April 11, 2019

101. 17th Annual Wilkes Honors College Symposium, “Can Hip Hop Save Biotech?” Jupiter, Florida, April 5, 2019

100. Emerging Biotechnologies and Policies Toward the Bioeconomy, “Community Bio: A Global Grassroots Movement for the Life Sciences,” Panama, April 3, 2019

99. MIT - Takeda Collective Intelligence Workshop, “Community Bio Superminds,” Cambridge, MA, April 1, 2019

98. Corporate Innovation Summit, “Human-Centered Design,” Bangkok, Thailand, March 27, 2019

97. Freak Lab, Thailand, “Microfluidics, the Microbiome, and Global Community Biotech,” Thailand, March 26, 2019

96. How To Grow Almost Anything, “Engineering the Gut Microbiome,” Takeda, March 21, 2019

95. TEDx Beacon Street, “Can Hip Hop Save Biotechnology?” John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA, November 11, 2018

94. Molecular Frontiers, “Community Biotechnology,” Cambridge, MA, November 11, 2018

93. Global Community Bio Summit 2.0, Founder, Host, and Moderator, Cambridge, MA, October 25-28, 2018

92. MIT Hacking Arts, “Co-Creating Life,” Cambridge, MA, October 14, 2018

91. MLTalks, “Hoops, Tech, & Justice: conversation with Jaylen Brown,” MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, October 12, 2018

90. Hubweek Changemakers Conference, Host and Moderator, Boston, MA, October 6-8, 2018

89. Stanford d. School, “Ambiguity,” Palo Alto, CA, September 4-6, 2018

88. Participatory Design Conference 2018, “Participatory Biotechnology,” Hasselt, Belgium, August 20-24, 2018

87. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, “Community-Driven Biotechnology,” Long Island, New York, July 29, 2018

86. The Shed, “Grassroots Biotech,” New York City, New York, May 11, 2018

85. MIT Biomaker Space Kickoff, “A Community Biology Lab for MIT,” MIT Media Lab, May 7, 2018

84. Africa Open Science & Hardware Summit, "Community Biotechnology,” Kumasi, Ghana, April 14, 2018

83. Design Across Scales, "Designing Life," Cambridge, MA, April 10, 2018

DJ Performance: Tech Night at the ICA | Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, March 28, 2018

82. Reebok Headquarters, "Innovation at the Edge," Keynote Address, Boston, MA, March 21, 2018.

81. The Woodrow Wilson Center, "The Rise of the New Bio-Citizen," Invited panelist, Washington DC, March 12-13, 2018.

DJ Performance: COSMICOS - A SPACE PARTY | MIT Media Lab, March 9, 2018

80. Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, "Bio-interfaces: Blurring the borders between biological and digital computing," Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, CA, February 15-17, 2018

79. MIT Industrial Liaison Program, "New Technologies for the Age of Discovery," Cambridge, MA, November 15, 2017

78. Cambridge Historical Society Fall Symposium, panelist "What's Next," Google Cambridge, MA, October 18, 2017

77. Global Biological Standards Institute, BioPolicy Summit 2017, "Open-Source Microfluidics for Synthetic Biology," San Francisco, CA, October 16, 2017 | Link

76. Hubweek, opening talk of the Future Forum, "Bio Meets Beats," Boston, MA, October 12, 2017 | Link

75. Master Class, Center for Research & Interdisciplinarity, "Living Authentically," Paris, France, October 6, 2017

73. Charting Future Paths of Open Synthetic Biology, "Radical Diversity in Synthetic Biology," Paris, France, October 5, 2017

72. Global Community Bio Summit, Founder & Host, Boston, September 22-24, 2017 | Link

71. Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Pao Arts Center, "Living in Color," Boston, MA, September 14, 2017

70. Biohack the Planet, "Radical Diversity in Biotechnology," Oakland, CA, August 25, 2017

69. Montreal Bio-Hackathon, "Street Bio," July 15, 2017

68. Tokyo BioClub, "How To Grow (Almost) Anything," Tokyo, June 20, 2017

67. SB7.0, "Can hip hop save synthetic biology?" Singapore, June 15, 2017

66. On Cue, "Can hip hop save biotechnology?" Boston, MA, June 13, 2017

65. TEDx Lafayette, "How To Grow (Almost) Anything," Easton, PA, April 8, 2017

64. MIT, "Making a Biomakerspace @MIT," Cambridge, MA, January 9, 2017

63. Northeastern University, "Creative Ecosystems for Biological Making," Boston, MA, December 9, 2016

62. Hacking Arts 2016, Moderator, "Biotech and Art Panel," MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, November 19, 2016

61. International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, "All the cool, perfectly safe things you can do in a bio-makerspace," MIT, Cambridge MA, November 14, 2016

60. EMW Gallery, artist talk, "Living in Color," Cambridge, MA, November 10, 2016

59. EMW Street Bio Youth Science Initiative, "Making Molecules," Ginkgo Bioworks, Boston, MA, October 24, 2016

58. Biohack the Planet, "How To Grow (Almost) Anything: Creative Ecosystems for Biological Making," Counter Culture Labs, Oakland, CA, September 24, 2016

57. Defying Gravity: Artists of Color "Making It" in the Baystate, Artist Roundtable, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, May 14, 2016

56. Design Across Scales, "Synthetic Biology: Tools for Engineering Life," Cambridge, MA, March 28, 2016

55. Harvard Kennedy School, "Living Authentically," Cambridge, MA, March 3, 2016

54. Food and Drug Administration, "Artificial Gut for Prototyping Microbial Communities," Silver Spring, MD, March 2, 2016

53. MIT Synthetic Biology Center Annual Symposium, "Open Fluidic Hardware for Synthetic Biology," Cambridge, MA, January 25, 2016

52. Hacking the Human Body, "Engineering the Human Microbiome," San Francisco, CA, November 5, 2015

51. Biofabricate, "How To Grow (Almost) Anything," NYC, October 22, 2015

50. MIT SOLVE, panel on "Radical Maker Spaces & Tools for Innovation," Cambridge, MA, October 7, 2015 http://solve.mit.edu/program/wednesday

49. FAB11, "How To Grow (Almost) Anything," Cambridge, MA, August 5, 2015

48.Organ-on-a-chip World Congress, "Artificial Gut for Engineering Microbial Communities," Boston, MA, July 9, 2015

47. SOLID, "Street Bio," Fort Mason, San Francisco, June 2015

46. Media Lab Faculty Talk, "Street Bio," MIT Media Lab, May 20, 2015

45. MIT Museum Second Friday Series, "3D Printed Fluidics for Synthetic Biology," MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA, May 8, 2015

44. Applied Synthetic Biology for National Security, "Accelerated Synthetic Biology Prototyping," Washington, D.C., April 21, 2015

43. Engineering Biology for Science & Industry: Accelerating Progress, "A View from Young Scientific Leaders," Panel with Doug Densmore (BU), Karmella Haynes (ASU), Farren Isaacs (Yale), Julius Lucks (Cornell), Howard Salis (U Penn), New York City, NY, April 17, 2015

42. Design Across Scales, "Synthetic Biology: Tools for Programming Life," MIT, Cambridge, MA, March 31, 2015

41. South by Southwest, "MicroCulture: A Game on the Human Microbiota," Austin, TX (2015)

40. Media Lab Conversation Series, "Guts & Genius," Conversation with Joi Ito and Kevin Slavin, MIT Media Lab (2015) | Click for link to conversation

39. MIT Synthetic Biology Center Workshop, "Microfluidics for Synthetic Biology," Cambridge, MA, Feb 18, 2015

38. Playful Exploration, "The Human Microbiome & Tools for Programming Life," Parsons The New School for Design, New York City, NY (2015)

37. Technology & Ethics Drink Salon, "Biology is humanity's next technology revolution, but who will be empowered to participate?" EMW, Cambridge, MA (2014)

36. Marine Biology Lab Physiology Course Seminar, "Tools for Creative Expression with Biology," Woods Hole, MA (2014)

35. MIT Lincoln Laboratory Division Seminar, "Platform Tools for Synthetic Biology," Lexington, MA (2014)

34. Synthetic Biology Boston (SB^2), "Microfluidics for Synthetic Biology," Boston University, Boston, MA (2014)

33. MIT Center for Integrative Biology, "Biomolecular Prototyping Unit: Rapid Enzyme Assessment," MIT, Cambridge, MA (2014)

32. Draper Laboratory Seminar, "Open Biology," Cambridge, MA (2014)

31. Allied Media Conference, “Making MakerSpaces,” Panel with Jeff Sturges, Will MacFarlane, and Piper Carter, Detroit, MI (2014)

30. South by Southwest, “Building with Biology,” MIT Media Lab Future Futures Lounge, Austin, Texas (2014)

29. MIT Synthetic Biology Center Annual Symposium, “Open-Source Microfluidic Genetic Circuit Assembly,” Cambridge, MA (2014)

28. MIT Lincoln Laboratory Seminar Series, “Metafluidics: An Open Repository for Microfluidics,” MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaver Works, Cambridge, MA (2013)

27. International Workshop of Biodesign Automation, “Microfluidic Genetic Circuit Assembly,” London, England (2013)

26. CM Summit, “Revolutions in Reading and Writing DNA,” New York City, NY (2013)

25. MIT Synthetic Biology Center Annual Symposium, “Microfluidics for miRNA Expression Profiling,” Cambridge, MA (2013)

24. National Institute of Standards (NIST) Biosystems and Biomaterials Division Seminar, “Synthetic Biology and Microfluidics,” Gaithersburg, MD (2013)

23. ArtScience Prize, “Synthetic Biology: Tools for Creativity,” Cloud Center, Boston, MA (2012)

22. Presentation to the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Advisory Board, “Microscopy and Microfluidics,” MIT Lincoln Laboratory (2012)

21. Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program, “Metafluidics,” Airlie Center, VA (2012)

20. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), “Metafluidics,” MIT Lincoln Laboratory (2012)

19. Victoria BioHacker Space, “Synthetic Biology and Microfluidics,” Victoria, Canada (2012)

18. University of California San Diego, Center for Systems Biology Seminar, “Synthetic Biology and Microfluidics,” (2012)

17. FBI-DIYBio Workshop, “MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Synthetic Biology,” Mountain View, CA (2012)

16. BioCurious Community Biology Lab, “Synthetic Biology and Microfluidics,” Santa Clara, CA (2012)

15. Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Brandeis University, “Microfluidic Synthesis of Membrane Proteins for an Olfactory Receptor-Based Odorant Biosensor,” (2010)

14. Materials Research Symposium (MRS, “Microfluidic Synthesis of Membrane Proteins for an Olfactory Receptor-Based Odorant Biosensor,” San Francisco, CA (2010)

13. Membrane Biology Frontiers, New Technology for Working with Membrane Proteins, “Microfluidic Gene and Protein Synthesis for Membrane Protein Fabrication,” Mykonos, Greece (2009)

12. Hong Kong University, Department of Electrical Engineering, “Microfluidic Gene Synthesis,” (2008)

11. Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Applied Physics, (2008)

10. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, “Whole Genome Engineering and the Construction of New Genetic Codes,” (2008)

9. Materials Research Symposium (MRS), “Towards a Virtual Cell: Integrated Gene and Protein Synthesis in a Microfluidic Device,” (2008)

8. Alberta Ingenuity Fund: Advanced Technologies for Agrology: Opportunities for Alberta's Bioeconomy. “High through-put systems: Lab-on-a-chip,” Banff, Alberta, Canada (2008)

7. Microsystems Annual Research Conference, “Integrated gene and protein synthesis in a microfluidic device,” Waterville Valley, NH (2008)

6. Synthetic Biology Working Group Seminar, MIT, “Microfluidics, de novo synthesis, and synthetic biology,” MIT Stata Center (2007)

5. Synthetic Biology 3.0, Concepts for Fabrication, “Microfluidic Gene Synthesis,” Zurich, Switzerland" (2007)

4. Condensed Matter Seminar, Brandeis University, “Microfluidic Gene Synthesis,” (2007)

3. Coding and Computation in Microfluidics, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, “Microfluidics for Gene Fabrication,” MIT Media Lab (2007)

2. Materials Research Symposium (MRS), “Parallel gene synthesis in a microfluidic device,” (2007)

1. Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN),“Ultra-rapid Nanostructure fabrication by Focused Ion Beam writing with nanoparticles,” Anaheim, CA (2004)

Guts & Genius #MLTalks March 3, 2015

Hacking Arts, November 19, 2016

Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program (LEAP)

MIT, Kresge Auditorium