Bits in Bio Presents: Engineering a Climate-Safe Future with Biology

🪴 It’s SF Climate Week… and this time, we’re doing things differently 🪴 No AI.No software.No policy.Bits in Bio is bringing builders at the intersection of Biotechnology and Climate. Engineering a Climate-Safe Future with Biology Speakers Shandion Santoso — Sansuro Bio Building the biological foundation for large-scale seaweed cultivation, unlocking seaweed as a next-generation feedstock for the growing bioeconomy and broadening global access to biomanufacturing. Yunqing Wang — California Institute of Technology Bioengineering PhD student working on engineering plants with synthetic genetic circuits that allow them to sense microbial activity underground and generate visible signals aboveground, creating a scalable biological interface for continuous soil monitoring and next-generation agricultural decision-making. Nazzy Pakpour, PhD — Yeast Bay Bio Yeast Bay Bio is rethinking pest control for a world moving beyond petrochemicals. Engineered yeast delivers species-specific RNA interference, replacing toxic, persistent insecticides with a biodegradable, non-toxic alternative. Their fermentation-based approach enables scalable, low-cost production, making sustainable pest control practical for everyday use. Delilah Milner — Primary Bio Primary Bio is a biomanufacturing company producing CRISPR-edited spirulina that is more thermostable and pH stable than traditional spirulina, resulting in carbon-negative dyes and plant-based protein powders made from mostly water and sunlight. Itai Levin — Decycle Bio Decycle Bio delivers sustainable chemical products that meet customers' environmental goals while maintaining performance and competitive economics. Dacia Leon — Supercool Earth Supercool Earth delivers reliable precipitation on demand. Their core technology uses biological ice-nucleating proteins to trigger rain and snow at warmer temperatures than any existing method, with applications across ski resorts, water districts, agriculture, hydropower, and disaster mitigation. Fatma Kaplan, PhD — Pheronym Award-winning Pheronym is an ag-biotech pest management company enabling sustainable farming through nematode pheromones. Their patented, climate-friendly solution controls plant-parasitic nematodes and enhances beneficial nematodes' efficacy to eliminate pest insects. No panels. No fluff. Just: 8-minute lightning talks2-minute Q&AReal companies, real systems, real deployment Sponsored by:TriNet — https://www.trinet.comCooley LLP — https://www.cooley.comStifel — https://www.stifel.com Food and drinks will be there.