Adrian Woolfson
Co-founder of Genero (a California-based biotechnology company) and author focused on genetics and synthetic biology, with a background in medicine and research at Cambridge and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
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Jan 26, 2026 • 42min
Biology, technology and the future
Joanna Kavenna, novelist (Seven), brings literary and philosophical imagination. Adrian Woolfson, biologist and author, outlines programmable biology and genome writing. Gaurav Suri, cognitive scientist, explains neural networks and emergence. They discuss how AI reveals biological grammar, the idea of designing genomes from scratch, parallels between brains and genomes, and what emergent intelligence might mean for reality.
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Feb 18, 2026 • 45min
Will AI Design New Organisms From Scratch? With Adrian Woolfson
Adrian Woolfson, co-founder of Genero and author with a medical and research background, explores how AI meets synthetic biology. He discusses decoding the genome’s grammar, designing new organisms, resurrecting species, ecosystem risks, genetic firewalls, and who should decide when life can be rewritten.
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Mar 29, 2026 • 45min
On the Future of Species
Adrian Woolfson, molecular biologist, CEO of Genyro and author, explores synthetic biology and genome writing. He outlines biology’s shift from reading to writing life. He discusses AI-driven genome language models, democratized bioengineering risks, and bold applications for medicine, climate, and custom organisms.
