Won't be easy at all. My musing was inspired by this work on Einstenium with eight coordination bridges. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Sold me on the Home-made cookies containing ncAAs line. "Numerous ncAAs have been used as food additives or nutritional supplements such as taurine.. Our decision to prepare ncAAs for oral delivery as cookies was to potentially increase patient compliance for diabetes therapies"

Gedanken #Physics: Riding a beam of light Gedanken #synbio: Riding a perpetual clockwork toy ribosome on a circular mRNA pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Also on symbiosis: Recently got introduced to the idea of kleptoplasty by George Church. Animals that can temporarily benefit from photosynthesis by retaining chloroplasts on their bodies. Solves all climate problems right ?:).

Meanwhile, the layperson trying to make sense of the origins news be like.....

Had to join the fun :)

sending some gentle but uplifting music (in a different language) your way.... youtube.com/watch?v=G_YBcvhT…

giphy.com/gifs/mECtJb3HKXspN… via @GIPHY #tbdb #tRNA Cheers to @SyntBio @mpsmela1 @BioSyn

As 5HTP is now a 21st aa thought I should plugin a shroom trivia: 5HTP is precursor to serotonin (a tryptamine like psilocin,DMT,LSD). 4HTP is precursor to psilocybin(there are other routes). And If you were wondering yes E.coli & Yeast have been engineered to make psilocybin.

A superb graphic (PMID: 32197085) illustrating important features of the origins problem. My last tweet in a while on the origins.Dont want to distract myself from other commitments. There are adequate expert voices/brains investigating all of this very well. Peace out. 3/3