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Eri Gentry

@erigentry

co-founder at Negative @go_negative, making products from atmospheric co2. researcher at @iftf

 San Mateo, CA
gonegative.co
Joined March 2007
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Max Tegmark
@tegmark30 May 2020
Help us find an unsung hero! If they win, they get $50k & you get up to $3k for nominating/spreading the word. Our first 3 awards went to Vasili #Arkhipov, Stanislav #Petrov & Matthew #Meselson, for helping prevent 2 #nuclear wars & 1 bioweapon arms race. futureoflife.org/future-of-l…
Future Of Life Award: Unsung Hero Search - Future of Life Institute

Future Of Life Award: Unsung Hero Search - Future of Life Institute

We are seeking nominations for the annual Future of Life Award, a $50,000 prize given to an 'unsung hero' who has helped make today dramatically better than it may otherwise have been. Winning...

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I'm working through @covidaccel to spread the idea of fundraising to buy excess farm foods and get them to families in need, but need some help to determine where we can make the greatest impact. Please take few minutes to do this survey or RT🙏 Thanks! forms.gle/qULd3hWzcAiutu7U7
Farm to Community Possibilities

Farm to Community Possibilities

Farm to Community is an initiative started in Lewis County, NY to support farmers and food-insecure families during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by raising funds to purchase local farm foods...

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Wanna get inspired and save lives? Check out the #COVID19 Solutions Ideation Workshop hosted by IMAGINEi5. Sunday, 19 April, 10-1 PDT. Register by Thursday evening at imaginei5.com. Thanks to @erigentry, @titojankowski, and the entire @covidaccel team for coordinating. – at Los Angeles, CA
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Build aerosol boxes for a local hospital using parts from your hardware store, no power tools necessary! Updates coming fast... Directions: docs.google.com/document/d/1… Based on Lai Hsien-yung's design: focustaiwan.tw/society/20200… At the request of @starsandrobots
COVID-19 Aerosol Box - US Hardware Store Version

COVID-19 Aerosol Box - US Hardware Store Version

COVID-19 Aerosol Box - US Hardware Store Version Don’t miss Design 2, it’s a negative pressure filtration hack you can add! *Disclaimer* I don’t know if this will improve safety or reduce transmiss...

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Ok entrepreneurs, get your thinking caps on. What solution can you come up with to help the current state of the world? @ycombinator wants to fund you. blog.ycombinator.com/respond…
Responding to COVID-19 | Y Combinator

Responding to COVID-19 | Y Combinator

In order to confront the COVID-19 crisis, we need to immediately mobilize global scientific and technical talent. There are already a number of YC companies [https://www.ycombinator.com/covid] that...

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Companies are doing their best to accelerate experimental drugs and vaccines for #COVID19 through the pipeline. Each faces its own set of challenges, but all agree on the need for a radical rethink of the clinical development process for #pandemics. go.nature.com/2Uudarf
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Tim Draper
@TimDraper21 Mar 2020
Replying to @Aanikabio
@aanikabio is providing an Environmental test kit for COVID starting next week for companies to test their supply chains for the virus. aanikabio.com #drapervc
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PLEASE RT One of our portfolio companies has a solution that can process 5,000 #COVID19 test per week. They're looking for partners with a BSL–2 CLIA lab and at least 2 benches of spare space. Is this you? Please reach out. And please share this with folks that might.
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"What can you build in 2 weeks that scales and saves lives?" Great Q.. To help find out, I joined COVID Accelerator @covidaccel, global network started by @IFTF acquaintance @erigentry & @titojankowski: covidaccelerator.com/See also Eri's @thecovidbase project database. c/@mgorbis
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@Forbes18 Mar 2020
A new site to donate gift cards could help your favorite restaurant survive the coronavirus shutdown on.forbes.com/60181sxwa
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Jack Ma
@JackMa18 Mar 2020
I need your help to share this handbook quickly to hospitals, doctors, nurses and anyone who needs to know around the world. It is available here: covid-19.alibabacloud.com. We are in this together! (2/2)
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So in ten minutes the evil genius who is one of our GP anaesthetists (with a PhD in diaphragmatic mechanics) increased our rural hospitals ventilator capacity from one to nine!!!
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There's now a Covid Accelerator asking: "What can you build in 2 weeks that scales and saves lives?" Sign up here: covidaccelerator.com/ @covidaccel
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meg@bymeg16 Mar 2020
this tweet has raised over $5,000 and i’ve turned it into a website. read the stories and donate here: thesocialdistanceproject.org
meg (@bymeg) profile picturemeg@bymeg13 Mar 2020
if u live with a significant other and think all the co-quarantining will cause u to break up, email me at megzukin at gmail dot com. i’m not writing a story im just messy and love drama
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COVIDbase is a work-in-progress curated list of projects, news, and data related to COVID-19. The goal of COVIDbase is to link people who have skills to relevant projects and to inspire new ideas. bit.ly/2J14MKN @erigentry @titojankowski #covid19 #coronavirus #synbio
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By the way, if you are not following @thecovidbase yet, this is a great time to start. Bonus points if you turn on notifications.
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Join the COVID Accelerator Slack group: COVID Accelerator brings together people and ideas with resources to move forward. We've got to work together to get ahead of this fast-moving virus. bit.ly/2WmDo1k #covid19 #synbio #coronavirus @erigentry @titojankowski
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Next up at #SynBioBeta2018: @stevewoz and @geochurch talking #DIYbio w @erigentry! Join us Thu in Oakland to continue the discussion on Biohackers, Open Science & Community Labs: eventbrite.com/e/biohackers-… @SynBioBeta
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What does it take to be a good storyteller? “You have to like people. And you have to be a good listener. Listening is a sign of respect, and it’s amazing what people will tell you when they believe you respect them.” -Tom Friedman of @nytimes #TYF18
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We hope to see you all @SynBioBeta its very exciting to see @erigentry will be sharing the stage with Woz and @geochurch in this fireside chat. Not to be missed!
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@SynBioBeta19 Sep 2018
Big news from #synbiobeta - Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and father of the original homebrew computer club, will join #synbio legend George Church on-stage for a once-in-a-lifetime conversation at 2018.synbiobeta.com #techtitans #techmeetsbio #biomeetstech
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