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Tae Seok Moon

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YouTuber, traveler, director of an NSF global center, Full professor at JCVI, EBRC Council Member, SynBYSS Chair, Moonshot Bio founder, EFB Executive Board Member, and editor of 10 journals, including the New Biotechnology Editor-in-Chief.

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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · Aug 30

Please suggest the last keynote speaker for the 2nd SynBYSS conference on June 8-11, 2026 in Barcelona

Until now, the confirmed speakers are

Keynote speakers:
Víctor de Lorenzo, Sarah O'Connor, Pam Silver, Ian Paulsen, Wilfried Weber, Mark Isalan, Chase Beisel
@vdlorenzo.bsky.social @jcvi.org
1/n

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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 26m

Oh, I missed you by 200 km.

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 15h

#BMES has amazing panelists, discussing the future of Biomedical Engineering.

Biomedical Engineering Society

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 22h

If interested in giving a talk paired with a pioneer in 2027, please send your CV to [email protected]. The 2026 schedule will be available soon. Stay tuned!

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 22h

#SynBYSS welcomes Lars Friberg at Vinnova as the 251st pioneer speaker, thanks!
The community grows to have 494 speakers: 1 Nobel Laureate, 26 National Academy Members, 45 funding directors, 20 Editors-in-chief, 11 Nature/Cell journal editors, and 243 rising stars!
@jcvi.org @vinnova.bsky.social

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I am proud of being an alum of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and optimistic about the future of the United States.
The New York Times
@mitpress.bsky.social
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 2d

Maria Corina Machado
Nobel Peace Prize 2025
“for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy” which is what we need nowadays

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

www.nobelprize.org

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 2d

#SynBYSS webinar with Prof. Leonardo Rios at University College London & Prof. Gita Naseri at Humboldt University of Berlin
@ucl.ac.uk @humboldtuni.bsky.social

The talk video link is below:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrvK...

SynBYSS with Prof Leonardo Rios at Univ. College London & Prof Gita Naseri at Humboldt Univ. Berlin

YouTube video by TAESEOK Moon

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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks!

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 3d

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai,

“for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 3d

This is my first participation in Biomedical Engineering Society despite my almost 30 years of experience in research.
#BMES2025 begins!

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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 4d

Talk schedule & speaker list
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 4d

#SynBYSS Thur 10 am USA CT
176th, Oct 9: Prof Leonardo Rios at UCL & Prof Gita Naseri at Humboldt U. of Berlin, Germany
@ucl.ac.uk @gitanaseri.bsky.social

177th, Oct 14 (Note Tue, 10am): Dr Pablo Rabinowicz at DOE BER & Prof George Lu at Rice U

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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 4d

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 to

Susumu Kitagawa
Kyoto University, Japan

Richard Robson
University of Melbourne, Australia

Omar M. Yaghi
University of California, Berkeley, USA

“for the development of metal–organic frameworks”

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was awarded jointly to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi "for the development of metal–organic frameworks"

www.nobelprize.org

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 4d

Call for papers

Yeast Synthetic Biology – Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...

Emerging Biotechnological approaches to Waste Valorisation – Elia Tomás Pejó
think.taylorandfrancis.com/article_coll...

Due: Dec 31, No fee if submitted by it

@tandfresearch.bsky.social

Yeast Synthetic Biology

think.taylorandfrancis.com

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 5d

I slept for 2h, but I did wake up. I posted one, and I found your post. Thanks!

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 5d

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 to

John Clarke
UC Berkeley

Michel H. Devoret
Yale University

John M. Martinis
UC Santa Barbara

“for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit”

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...

Nobel Prize in Physics 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electri...

www.nobelprize.org

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 5d

I have a meeting in 5 hours. Should I stay up to see the result for Nobel Prize in Physics that will be announced in 2 hours?

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 5d

6 October 2025
2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to:

Mary E. Brunkow
Institute for Systems Biology,
Seattle, USA

Fred Ramsdell
Sonoma Biotherapeutics,
San Francisco, USA

Shimon Sakaguchi
Osaka University,
Osaka, Japan

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Frederick J. Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

www.nobelprize.org

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 5d

A variant version of Galbi with spicy flavor: much better! Happy Korean or Oriental Thanksgiving!

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Chuseok, the mid Autumn Harvest Festival with the full Moon!
To celebrate it, I prepared Galbi, marinated & grilled Korean beef short ribs with grilled onion & kimchi after finishing 2 proposals & submitting 1 paper to a Nature journal over the weekend.
Yummy like the Moon!

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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 7d

Interesting work in Nature Communications, Nature Portfolio
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Long-term homeostasis in microbial consortia via auxotrophic cross-feeding - Nature Communications

Synthetic microbial consortia are collections of strains which can segregate metabolic tasks for efficient use in biomaterials, biomanufacturing, and biotherapeutics. Here, the authors present a method to maintain and tune the ratio of two co-cultured bacterial strains via growth medium manipulation.

www.nature.com

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 9d

#SynBYSS webinar with Prof. Jose Avalos at Princeton University & Prof. Hannes Beyer at Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf
@princeton.edu @hhu.de

The talk video link is below:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=evkX...

SynBYSS with Prof Jose Avalos at Princeton U. & Prof Hannes Beyer at Heinrich-Heine-U. of Düsseldorf

YouTube video by TAESEOK Moon

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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 11d

KSBB is annual, but the KSBB-AFOB combined one is unique this year. This year was amazing with great speakers for the 40 year anniversary. No synbio only conference in Korea, but our SynBYSS may be in Korea in 2028 or an Asian country.

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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 11d

Talk schedule & speaker list
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 11d

#SynBYSS Thur 10 am USA CT
175th, Oct 2: Prof Jose Avalos at Princeton U. & Prof Hannes Beyer at H-H-U. of Düsseldorf

176th, Oct 9: Prof Leonardo Rios at UCL & Prof Gita Naseri at Humboldt U. of Berlin, Germany
@ucl.ac.uk @gitanaseri.bsky.social

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