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April 11, 2012 | 6:30 p.m.
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Bio-science is beginning to affect the way we live, work and do business; Juan Enriquez is an effective advocate of its promise. Synthetic Genomics, which he co-founded, is a company developing breakthrough genomic-driven solutions for major global issues. They are focused on energy and chemical solutions first, but they are researching a wide range of business solutions in human health (vaccines) as well as food and water production and the environment.
Enriquez's recent publications include an electronic book co-authored with Steve Gullans, Homo Evolutis: A Short Tour of Our New Species. The book explores a world where humans increasingly shape their environment, their own selves and other species. By the end you will see a broad, and sometimes scary, map of life-science-driven change, a Homo evolutis, which directly and deliberately controls its own evolution and that of many other species.
In addition to his entrepreneurial work in the life sciences, Enriquez writes and speaks engagingly about the profound changes that genomics and other life sciences will cause in business, technology, politics and society. He is a sought-after speaker, and his highly anticipated appearances at TED and other venues are dynamic, funny, insightful and illuminating. He has been named one of two guest curators – both global thinkers (the other is Bill Gates) – for the 2011 TED conference.
His work has appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Foreign Policy, Sciences, and the New York Times.
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