• Darwin, a custom genomics co-processor ASIC, delivers up to 15,000× speed-up for long-read genome assembly, as reported in the Morning Paper blog and discussed on Hacker News.  
• Veritas Genetics was recommended as a provider for obtaining complete personal whole-genome sequencing and raw data files.  
• The channel debated “royalty financing” (a.k.a. revenue-sharing) as an alternative to traditional equity or debt for biotech ventures, noting its risk profile and unpredictable payback period.  
• Participants lamented the lack of research funding and academic literature focused on studying exceptionally healthy or high-performing individuals, contrasting it with the abundance of disease-centric studies; positive psychology and Dean Keith Simonton’s work on eminent achievers were cited as partial exceptions.  
• IARPA’s Molecular Information Storage (MIST) program was highlighted via a newly posted YouTube recording of the Proposers’ Day and an accompanying transcript on diyhpluswiki.  
• A call was made for simulations exploring how complex coding schemes could evolve from simple replacement codes under digital evolution frameworks.  
• Links to Science Commons Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) templates and chooser tools were shared to facilitate open sharing of biological materials and data.