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

Name: Bits in Bio Presents: Engineering a Climate-Safe Future with Biology
Start: 2026-04-24T01:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-04-24T04:00:00+00:00
Location: MBC BioLabs, 135 Mississippi St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

About this event

🪴 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.

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

Bits in Bio Presents: Engineering a Climate-Safe Future with Biology is a free independent taking place on Friday, April 24, 2026 at MBC BioLabs, 135 Mississippi St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, San Francisco, United States. Attendance is free — register to secure your spot. Currently 177 people have registered out of 177 spots. The event runs for approximately 3 hours.