- A new open-source DNA data-storage effort is forming under IARPA’s MIST/FELIX program, with the Semiconductor Research Corporation inviting community members to contribute.  
- nmz787 is training Mozilla DeepSpeech on TED-talk audio as the first step toward an open, high-accuracy speech-recognition stack for biohacker workflows.  
- Literature review shows that DNA fragments <500 bp remain stable at room temperature when stored in trehalose, a key parameter for long-term DNA data archiving.  
- Participants are compiling a fusion-protein construct library—methyltransferases, deaminases, and α-helical linkers—to accelerate future gene-editing and DNA-synthesis projects.  
- A deep technical dive concluded that commercial inkjet heads are capped at ~5 k nozzles firing ≤60 kHz by MEMS patents, fluidic limits, and waveform tuning, not raw thermal ceilings; Memjet’s 70 k-nozzle, 1 600-dpi MEMS array remains the density leader.  
- Viral gene-therapy is framed as the most scalable route for mass genetic upgrades, with latent Toxoplasma gondii infection cited as proof that engineered viruses could reach >80 % of humanity.  
- A Michigan lab slide deck demonstrates that saturation mutagenesis routinely delivers 50× enzyme-performance gains, reinforcing brute-force mutagenesis as a standard, high-yield technique.  
- A newly posted transcript (diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/diy-human-gene-therapy-with-crispr/) provides step-by-step guidance for individual CRISPR self-experimentation, while Chinese human CRISPR trials are noted as the only large-scale, overt work currently public.  
- Debate over Josiah Zayner’s Odin kits (antibiotic-discovery, fluorescent-yeast) centers on whether they democratize or trivialize bioengineering, with George Church’s advisory role defended amid the ongoing CRISPR patent pool negotiations.