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Daniel Grushkin

Daniel Grushkin is the program director of the Biodesign Challenge and co-founder and Cultural Programs Director of Genspace. He is also a fellow at Data & Society Research Institute.He was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars where he researched the field of synthetic biology in 2013-2014. He was an Emerging Leader in Biosecurity at the UPMC Center of Health Security in 2014. As a journalist, he reports on the intersection of biotechnology, culture, and business for publications including Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company, Scientific American and Popular Science. Grushkin has killed many C. elegans at Genspace. He has also led a team to create a $10 microscope for school children.