Mac Cowell cofounded DIYbio and Cofactor Bio in 2011. DIYbio is an open-ended community that promotes the democratization of biotechnology, comprised today of thousands of self-identified participants worldwide and about a dozen community labs. Cofactor Bio is a small bay-area startup focused on building tools and services that simplify molecular biology and synthetic biology tool-chains, bringing the technologies to a wider and less-traditional community of users, including agile new businesses. Cofactor’s first product, GENELASER, is an affordable kit that includes the entire reagent and equipment tool-chain needed to extract and amplify fragments of genomic DNA, with DNA sequencing included as a mail-order service. GENELASER lets anyone read DNA for about the price of a t-shirt.
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Techonomy 11
Techonomy is about the centrality of technology to business and social progress and the urgency of embracing the rapid pace of change brought by technology. Every major issue going forward will be affected by how it intersects with tech innovation. We believe that only those leaders who keep this conviction at the forefront of their […]
