On the way home from mushroom hunting, someone in the foraging group asks what I do for a living. That’s a tricky question. I could respond with the research I did for my PhD, which would be something like “biology” or “bioengineering” or “synthetic biology”, but none of these answers hold much meaning for people.Continue reading “Synthetic Biology and Social Discomfort”
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What I learned by starting this blog
In which I face down the reasons behind my writers’ block on this blog, and give a teaser summary of my PhD work.
Natalie Jing Ma, PhD 