Adrian Woolfson
@adrianwoolfson.bsky.social
Opinions @WSJ.com & @Science.org. Author Life Without Genes @harpercollins.bsky.social & On The Future of Species bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (12 Feb 2026) & @MITpress.bsky.social (17 Mar, 2026). www.adrianwoolfson.com. Founder Genyro.com
The face of our long-extinct relative Denisovan Man
December 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The face of our long-extinct relative Denisovan Man
My forthcoming book ‘On the Future of Species’ has just been sent to the printers. It will be published by Bloomsbury in the UK on 12 February 2026, by the MIT Press in the U.S. on 17 March 2026, and thereafter in China, Australia, Canada, Holland, India, and beyond.
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
My forthcoming book ‘On the Future of Species’ has just been sent to the printers. It will be published by Bloomsbury in the UK on 12 February 2026, by the MIT Press in the U.S. on 17 March 2026, and thereafter in China, Australia, Canada, Holland, India, and beyond.
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Daphnia water fleas with embryos (left) and eggs (right)
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Daphnia water fleas with embryos (left) and eggs (right)
An artificial flower design toolkit
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
An artificial flower design toolkit
My review of #Crick by @matthewcobb.bsky.social has been published online by @science.org. The book is lucid, beautifully crafted, and compelling. It will instantly become the definitive guide to this extraordinary individual’s life and work.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
My review of #Crick by @matthewcobb.bsky.social has been published online by @science.org. The book is lucid, beautifully crafted, and compelling. It will instantly become the definitive guide to this extraordinary individual’s life and work.
I am greatly enjoying #TheTreeofLife by @maxjtelford.bsky.social published by @wwnorton.com, which I am reviewing for @wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I am greatly enjoying #TheTreeofLife by @maxjtelford.bsky.social published by @wwnorton.com, which I am reviewing for @wsj.com
I tremendously enjoyed Matthew Cobb’s definitive new biography of Crick. It was hard to put down and provides many new perspectives. My review of it will appear in Science later this week.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I tremendously enjoyed Matthew Cobb’s definitive new biography of Crick. It was hard to put down and provides many new perspectives. My review of it will appear in Science later this week.
Molecular machine learning in action in the Stanford-Arc generative antibody design collaboration.
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Molecular machine learning in action in the Stanford-Arc generative antibody design collaboration.
October 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It was a great pleasure to attend The Agentic AI 3rd Innovation Summit in Boston, organized by nference. It is not every day that you can hear George Church being interviewed by a bot.
October 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It was a great pleasure to attend The Agentic AI 3rd Innovation Summit in Boston, organized by nference. It is not every day that you can hear George Church being interviewed by a bot.
I have just submitted my review of Matthew Cobb’s @matthewcobb.bsky.social excellent new biography of Francis Crick published by @profilebooks.bsky.social to Science magazine @science.org. I have to say that I greatly enjoyed it. It is set to become the definitive account of Crick’s work and life.
October 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I have just submitted my review of Matthew Cobb’s @matthewcobb.bsky.social excellent new biography of Francis Crick published by @profilebooks.bsky.social to Science magazine @science.org. I have to say that I greatly enjoyed it. It is set to become the definitive account of Crick’s work and life.
An engineered living materials based fabrication platform
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
An engineered living materials based fabrication platform
De novo antibody design has arrived
September 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
De novo antibody design has arrived
I’m greatly enjoying the meticulously researched new Crick biography by @matthewcobb.bsky.social published by @profilebooks.bsky.social in November, which I am reviewing for @science.org. It’s set to become the definitive biography of the mercurial, enigmatic and brilliant Francis Crick.
September 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I’m greatly enjoying the meticulously researched new Crick biography by @matthewcobb.bsky.social published by @profilebooks.bsky.social in November, which I am reviewing for @science.org. It’s set to become the definitive biography of the mercurial, enigmatic and brilliant Francis Crick.
Looking forward to tucking into Matthew Cobb’s meticulously research new biography of Francis Crick @matthewcobb.bsky.social which I am reviewing for @science.org
August 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Looking forward to tucking into Matthew Cobb’s meticulously research new biography of Francis Crick @matthewcobb.bsky.social which I am reviewing for @science.org
Received the cover design for my new book ‘On the Future of Species’ which is about the convergence of AI-informed genome design and genome synthesis. It will be published by Bloomsbury in the UK on 12 February 2026 and by the MIT Press in the U.S. a few months later.
August 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Received the cover design for my new book ‘On the Future of Species’ which is about the convergence of AI-informed genome design and genome synthesis. It will be published by Bloomsbury in the UK on 12 February 2026 and by the MIT Press in the U.S. a few months later.
We have neglected our ‘artificial children’ De Kai states in his excellent new book Raising AI. Like errant children, AIs need to be provided with a moral compass and will need to be made mindful if we wish them to embody Enlightenment values. My review of his book is published today in Science.
July 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We have neglected our ‘artificial children’ De Kai states in his excellent new book Raising AI. Like errant children, AIs need to be provided with a moral compass and will need to be made mindful if we wish them to embody Enlightenment values. My review of his book is published today in Science.