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  1. Screening DNA synthesis orders: the new baseline every provider should meet (example-policy.org) Biosecurity & Policy 32 points | biosafety_bee | | 6 comments

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[–] ligase22 | 5 points | link

Trehalose stabilisation is old but the field-deployment data is what makes this worth reading. 40 °C for six weeks is a real number.

[–] lysate44 | 4 points | link

The teardown is beautiful. Note the flow cell is still proprietary, so "open" has a ceiling here.

[–] anneal36 | 4 points | link

We got a term sheet last year that explicitly cut the CMC budget to make the burn look better. Declined.

[–] agar21 | 3 points | link

This is the most honest write-up of seed terms I have read. The part about pro-rata rights is the part founders always skip.

[–] blot9 | 2 points | link

Teaching teenagers: use non-pathogenic yeast, keep everything on plates, and let them design the experiment. The safety risk is boredom-driven improvisation, not the enzyme.

[–] incubate42 | 3 points | link

We run exactly this curriculum. Two years, zero incidents, several very good student questions we could not answer.