Grow by Ginkgo is a magazine about synthetic biology. Designing with nature is full of endless possibilities and complexities. We seek to tell authentic, vulnerable, and creative stories that reflect our wonder for synthetic biology. Biology runs on digital code in the form of DNA, made up of A’s, T’s, C’s, and G’s, and we can read and write it to program cells. This allows synthetic biologists reimagine the possibilities of living things, from bacteria that fight cancer to rewilding whole ecosystems. What can biology do? What might it do? What does this mean for our relationship with technology and the world around us? Art direction by Grace Chuang, editing by https://massivesci.com, photos by Ally Schmaling.
Recent articles
The Lab Philosopher
A conversation with Jeantine Lunshof about the ethical implications of Xenobots.
Is DNA Hardware or Software?
A conversation with Michael Levin about Xenobots, the world’s first living robots.
Moving the Needle
Sarah Richardson and Tom Knight discuss how synthetic biology should define itself.