A peer group for ambitious biology
A small, high-trust group of people working at the edge of biology in Edinburgh. We meet every two weeks to read, discuss, and build relationships.
Ask to joinWhat an innovator circle is
Innovator Circles are self-organised spaces for truly ambitious thinking. If you have a radical vision of the future of biology, and nobody to discuss it with, then you should come.
Inspired by the Innovator Circles model from ARIA, the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency. We're not an ARIA programme (yet). Read more about ARIA's circles
What we do
Every two weeks, in whichever format suits the question.
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Read
Journal clubs on papers and ARIA programme theses.
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Hear
Talks from people working at the frontier.
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Argue
Structured debates on where the field should go.
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Build
Demos, co-working sessions and the biohackathon.
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Eat
Informal dinners with members and guests.
Where we start
Early sessions draw on ARIA's published opportunity spaces closest to biology.
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Programmable Physiology
Reading, modelling and steering human biology at systems scale.
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Scalable Neural Interfaces
New ways to connect to the brain to treat neurological disease.
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Resilient Climate and Ecosystems
Understanding and protecting the living systems that keep the climate stable.
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Abundant Manufacturing
Making food and materials sustainably, often with biology.
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Nature-Inspired Computation
Computing that borrows from how living systems process information.
Ask to join
We keep the circle small. Join the list, tell us your background, and we'll be in touch.
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