

Generative Biology Institute
Building a faculty of leading researchers to tackle the key challenges in making biology engineerable and unlock its potential to benefit humanity.
Dr George Young
George is Head of Bioinformatics at the Generative Biology Institute (GBI), where he leads a team working across all aspects of computational biology. The Bioinformatics Tech Hub works closely with researchers to turn experimental data into biological insight, analysing and interpreting data from across the Institute's experimental platforms, and building the curated, reproducible, self-service pipelines that make these analyses reliable at scale.
After an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from Oxford and a PhD in Infections and Immunity from the MRC National Institute of Medical Research, George completed post-doctoral work at the Francis Crick Institute before working to establish a spin-out, Enara Bio. Before joining EIT, George led the Bioinformatics Facility at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences in London.
Outside of work, George loves anything hands-on, from 3D printing to bow-making.
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The GBI team aims to unlock the blueprint of life, enabling the rapid and scalable synthesis of entire genomes with newfound precision. Success would enable the identification and potential creation of DNA sequences that could generate biological systems designed to perform specific functions. These new DNA construction techniques could have a wide range of commercial applications, including designing more efficient crops with higher yields or finding personalised cell therapies and vaccines. Specially engineered cell processes could also support new biodegradable materials to help tackle the problems of climate change.
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