Tal Danino

Tal Danino is a professor in the department of biomedical engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York. He directs an interdisciplinary synthetic biology lab that "programs" bacteria, and transforms these microbes into artworks using various forms of media. Originally from Los Angeles, Tal received a PhD in bioengineering from the University of California-San Diego, did his postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is a TED Fellow.

Tal Danino is a professor in the department of biomedical engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York. He directs an interdisciplinary synthetic biology lab that "programs" bacteria, and transforms these microbes into artworks using various forms of media. Originally from Los Angeles, Tal received a PhD in bioengineering from the University of California-San Diego, did his postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is a TED Fellow. See less