S10E9 - Coding the Future: Ginkgo Bioworks' Synthesis of Biology and Technology | (don't) Waste Water! | Water Tech to Solve the World

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with 🎙️ Kimberly Kupiecki - Senior Director at Gingko Bioworks

💧 Ginkgo Bioworks is the software company for biology, coding DNA to create custom cells that solve real-world problems.

What we covered:

🔬 Why Ginkgo Bioworks is like programming life itself - Kimberly Kupiecki unveils the art of coding cells, not just computers.

💧 How the water sector intersects with synthetic biology - Ginkgo Bioworks eyes growth in the biosensor space.

🏭 What's beyond water - Kupiecki's role spans from industrial applications to dabbling in pharmaceuticals.

🧪 How Ginkgo's foundry's 'secret sauce' lies in high-throughput screening, turning outliers into discoveries.

🌱 Why the synthesis of nature and science at Ginkgo could revolutionize materials, starting with the very building blocks.

🚀 How agility in assimilating feedback and implementing rapid changes marks the cultural shift from DuPont to a scale-up.

🌱 What aggressive 2025 goals balance the scale-up's growth with the necessity of becoming earnings positive.

💡 Why building intellectual property (IP) adds layers of downstream value without expanding physical footprints.

🎢 How embracing risk leads to personal expansion, a sentiment echoed in Kimberly Kupiecki's mentoring approach.

🌟 Why "The Beautiful Mess" captures the essence of juggling motherhood and a career in male-dominated industries.

🌱 What innovative approaches to carbon reduction excite industry leaders? Kimberly Kupiecki reveals a game-changing negative carbon mechanism.

🤝 How stakeholder insight forms the backbone of success; Kimberly Kupiecki emphasizes learning from stakeholder dynamics.

📘 Why endorsements and marketing strategies are crucial for launching your book; Kimberly Kupiecki shares her pre-launch jitters.

🔥 ... and of course, we concluded with the 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🔥

🔗 Have a look at Gingko Biowork's website

🔗 Come say hi to Kimberly on Linkedin

➡️ Check out the entire article on Gingko Bioworks

➡️ Reach out to me: antoine@dww.show

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On the "(don't) Waste Water" podcast, I strive to make the Water Industry easy to understand for everyone, starting with water professionals, executives, and investors. Hence, he opens the microphone to seasoned, inspirational water experts to discuss their field of excellence.

No one can claim an all-around in-depth understanding of a matter as complex as Water. But piece by piece, you can rebuild the puzzle. With curiosity, patience, and passion, Antoine Walter explores topics such as Advanced Treatment Technologies, Water-Energy Nexus (Hydrogen, Lithium...), PFAS removal, Nature-Based Solutions, Wastewater Reuse, Distributed Water Treatments, Water Finance, and Water Entrepreneurship.

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A particular field of interest is how innovation forms, grows and gets widely adopted in a complex and conservative field like the Water Industry. This may be one of the keys to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal n°6 - #SDG6.

Oh, and in short, about me: I'm a water engineer turned avid student of the water business, market, finance, and tech. I'm married, a happy father of three, and I'm French (nobody's perfect 😅).