Miles Gander
@milesgander.bsky.social
CTO at Birch Biosciences - Bringing plastic into the circular economy: https://www.birchbiosciences.com
SynBio+AI/ML - engineering biology to do cool stuff. Synthetic biologist and a Seattle sports fan.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mileswgander
SynBio+AI/ML - engineering biology to do cool stuff. Synthetic biologist and a Seattle sports fan.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mileswgander
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Miles Gander
@milesgander.bsky.social
· Apr 25
Company Spotlight: Birch Biosciences - WBGC
Company Spotlight: Birch Biosciences, founded in 2022, is developing cutting-edge technology to address plastic recycling sustainability issues.
webuildgreencities.com
Super proud of the Birch Biosciences team and what we are building to circularize plastic manufacturing
webuildgreencities.com/company-spot...
webuildgreencities.com/company-spot...
Excited to share how long-read DNA @nanoporetech.com sequencing is accelerating Birch's AI-guided enzyme design! Check out the link and additional information in the reply.
#WYMMTour #nanopore
#WYMMTour #nanopore
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Excited to share how long-read DNA @nanoporetech.com sequencing is accelerating Birch's AI-guided enzyme design! Check out the link and additional information in the reply.
#WYMMTour #nanopore
#WYMMTour #nanopore
Excited to have Birch Biosciences be recognized as one of the top 25 Climate Tech Startups to Watch in 2025!
Check out www.birchbiosciences.com to learn more about how we are bringing plastics into the circular economy
Check out www.birchbiosciences.com to learn more about how we are bringing plastics into the circular economy
🚀 25 Climate Tech Startups to Watch in 2025 🚀
From carbon removal to next-gen energy, transport, and nature-based solutions — these innovators are shaping a decarbonized future.
📣 Watch their pitches, vote for your favorite, and see where climate tech is heading.
From carbon removal to next-gen energy, transport, and nature-based solutions — these innovators are shaping a decarbonized future.
📣 Watch their pitches, vote for your favorite, and see where climate tech is heading.
25 Climate Tech Startups to Watch in 2025
These early-stage climate startups are innovating in five sectors: land use and carbon; energy; transport; industry; and nature.
trellis.net
October 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Excited to have Birch Biosciences be recognized as one of the top 25 Climate Tech Startups to Watch in 2025!
Check out www.birchbiosciences.com to learn more about how we are bringing plastics into the circular economy
Check out www.birchbiosciences.com to learn more about how we are bringing plastics into the circular economy
AI is revolutionizing an incredibly broad range of sectors. Enjoyed the chance to share how Birch Biosciences is using AI to power our enzymatic recycling technology.
Check out more details below!
Check out more details below!
August 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
AI is revolutionizing an incredibly broad range of sectors. Enjoyed the chance to share how Birch Biosciences is using AI to power our enzymatic recycling technology.
Check out more details below!
Check out more details below!
Excited to share Birch Biosciences' progress towards a circular plastics economy at this year's SIMB conference!
If anyone in my network is heading to the 2025 Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology meeting in SF next week, let's connect!
If anyone in my network is heading to the 2025 Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology meeting in SF next week, let's connect!
July 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Excited to share Birch Biosciences' progress towards a circular plastics economy at this year's SIMB conference!
If anyone in my network is heading to the 2025 Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology meeting in SF next week, let's connect!
If anyone in my network is heading to the 2025 Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology meeting in SF next week, let's connect!
Big news! Birch has entered into a global patent license agreement with NREL! This agreement will drive commercialization of our plastic recycling tech by combining NREL innovation and our AI-powered enzymatic platform. A big step toward circularizing plastics!
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
Birch Biosciences Enters into Global Patent License Agreement with NREL to Advance Enzymatic Plastic Recycling Process
Birch Biosciences, a startup focused on AI-powered enzymatic plastic recycling, today announced a global patent license agreement with the U.S. Department of...
www.businesswire.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Big news! Birch has entered into a global patent license agreement with NREL! This agreement will drive commercialization of our plastic recycling tech by combining NREL innovation and our AI-powered enzymatic platform. A big step toward circularizing plastics!
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
Super proud of the Birch Biosciences team and what we are building to circularize plastic manufacturing
webuildgreencities.com/company-spot...
webuildgreencities.com/company-spot...
Company Spotlight: Birch Biosciences - WBGC
Company Spotlight: Birch Biosciences, founded in 2022, is developing cutting-edge technology to address plastic recycling sustainability issues.
webuildgreencities.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Super proud of the Birch Biosciences team and what we are building to circularize plastic manufacturing
webuildgreencities.com/company-spot...
webuildgreencities.com/company-spot...
A nice overview of the emerging circular technology in the plastics industry from Extantia Capital.
Excited to see Birch Biosciences' platform highlighted.
medium.com/extantia-cap...
Excited to see Birch Biosciences' platform highlighted.
medium.com/extantia-cap...
Re-Imagining the Plastics Industry: Sustainable Pathways to Achieve Circularity, Cost, and…
We have spent a lot of time thinking about plastics and how this industry can be re-engineered to become more sustainable whilst driving…
medium.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A nice overview of the emerging circular technology in the plastics industry from Extantia Capital.
Excited to see Birch Biosciences' platform highlighted.
medium.com/extantia-cap...
Excited to see Birch Biosciences' platform highlighted.
medium.com/extantia-cap...
Reposted by Miles Gander
We compared the calibration of various machine learning uncertainty estimation methods for protein engineering.
No method excels across all scenarios, and uncertainty-based strategies for optimization often did not outperform methods without uncertainty.
No method excels across all scenarios, and uncertainty-based strategies for optimization often did not outperform methods without uncertainty.
January 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We compared the calibration of various machine learning uncertainty estimation methods for protein engineering.
No method excels across all scenarios, and uncertainty-based strategies for optimization often did not outperform methods without uncertainty.
No method excels across all scenarios, and uncertainty-based strategies for optimization often did not outperform methods without uncertainty.
Birch is excited to announce an award to advance AI-enzyme design for plastic recycling w/ DARPA BTO. Only 9% of plastic is recycled, Birch is changing that. We're building the circular plastic economy using AI, enzymes and green chemistry www.birchbiosciences.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Birch is excited to announce an award to advance AI-enzyme design for plastic recycling w/ DARPA BTO. Only 9% of plastic is recycled, Birch is changing that. We're building the circular plastic economy using AI, enzymes and green chemistry www.birchbiosciences.com
Reposted by Miles Gander
In #NextGenSequencing news, we are starting to see accounts on real customers using the new Illumina $ILMN MiSeq i100 sequencer. One of the selling points of this instrument is that it is easy to use, and produces same-day results. The reports tell about being able to go from a library in a tube...
December 12, 2024 at 4:58 PM
In #NextGenSequencing news, we are starting to see accounts on real customers using the new Illumina $ILMN MiSeq i100 sequencer. One of the selling points of this instrument is that it is easy to use, and produces same-day results. The reports tell about being able to go from a library in a tube...
Reposted by Miles Gander
Three BioML starter packs now!
Pack 1: go.bsky.app/2VWBcCd
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/Bw84Hmc
Pack 3: go.bsky.app/NAKYUok
DM if you want to be included (or nominate people who should be!)
Pack 1: go.bsky.app/2VWBcCd
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/Bw84Hmc
Pack 3: go.bsky.app/NAKYUok
DM if you want to be included (or nominate people who should be!)
December 3, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Three BioML starter packs now!
Pack 1: go.bsky.app/2VWBcCd
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/Bw84Hmc
Pack 3: go.bsky.app/NAKYUok
DM if you want to be included (or nominate people who should be!)
Pack 1: go.bsky.app/2VWBcCd
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/Bw84Hmc
Pack 3: go.bsky.app/NAKYUok
DM if you want to be included (or nominate people who should be!)
Reposted by Miles Gander
Started a second AI Science Connect pack. Let's keep building the community. It's been really amazing to see the great AI for science conversations over the past week.
Please self nominate, or send me others who should be added!
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/GnFTUM6
Pack 1 (full): go.bsky.app/JeFdryY
Please self nominate, or send me others who should be added!
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/GnFTUM6
Pack 1 (full): go.bsky.app/JeFdryY
November 21, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Started a second AI Science Connect pack. Let's keep building the community. It's been really amazing to see the great AI for science conversations over the past week.
Please self nominate, or send me others who should be added!
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/GnFTUM6
Pack 1 (full): go.bsky.app/JeFdryY
Please self nominate, or send me others who should be added!
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/GnFTUM6
Pack 1 (full): go.bsky.app/JeFdryY
A really nice application of pre-trained PLMs and supervised modeling for efficient directed evolution - a few different protein types too!
preprint version as well: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
preprint version as well: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid in silico directed evolution by a protein language model with EVOLVEpro
Directed protein evolution is central to biomedical applications but faces challenges like experimental complexity, inefficient multi-property optimization, and local maxima traps. While in silico met...
www.science.org
November 22, 2024 at 5:34 PM
A really nice application of pre-trained PLMs and supervised modeling for efficient directed evolution - a few different protein types too!
preprint version as well: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
preprint version as well: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Miles Gander
🧪 For people interested in AI & enzymes (enzyme engineering, design, discovery, ...), I'm assembling a starter pack for us.
DM if you'd like to be included!
go.bsky.app/MhfaQBh
DM if you'd like to be included!
go.bsky.app/MhfaQBh
November 20, 2024 at 10:29 AM
🧪 For people interested in AI & enzymes (enzyme engineering, design, discovery, ...), I'm assembling a starter pack for us.
DM if you'd like to be included!
go.bsky.app/MhfaQBh
DM if you'd like to be included!
go.bsky.app/MhfaQBh
Reposted by Miles Gander
Birch Bio has an NSF funded postdoc for AI/ML and Comp Bio through i-perf.org#/. A great opportunity to gain startup experience. Help us revolutionize plastic recycling with generative AI, advanced enzyme engineering, and green chemistry! DM for details and please share broadly
IPERF
i-perf.org
November 18, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Birch Bio has an NSF funded postdoc for AI/ML and Comp Bio through i-perf.org#/. A great opportunity to gain startup experience. Help us revolutionize plastic recycling with generative AI, advanced enzyme engineering, and green chemistry! DM for details and please share broadly
Reposted by Miles Gander
Two BioML starter packs now:
Pack 1: go.bsky.app/2VWBcCd
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/Bw84Hmc
DM if you want to be included (or nominate people who should be!)
Pack 1: go.bsky.app/2VWBcCd
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/Bw84Hmc
DM if you want to be included (or nominate people who should be!)
Anybody have a bioml starter pack?
November 18, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Two BioML starter packs now:
Pack 1: go.bsky.app/2VWBcCd
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/Bw84Hmc
DM if you want to be included (or nominate people who should be!)
Pack 1: go.bsky.app/2VWBcCd
Pack 2: go.bsky.app/Bw84Hmc
DM if you want to be included (or nominate people who should be!)
Birch Bio has an NSF funded postdoc for AI/ML and Comp Bio through i-perf.org#/. A great opportunity to gain startup experience. Help us revolutionize plastic recycling with generative AI, advanced enzyme engineering, and green chemistry! DM for details and please share broadly
IPERF
i-perf.org
November 18, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Birch Bio has an NSF funded postdoc for AI/ML and Comp Bio through i-perf.org#/. A great opportunity to gain startup experience. Help us revolutionize plastic recycling with generative AI, advanced enzyme engineering, and green chemistry! DM for details and please share broadly
Reposted by Miles Gander
Raphael Rodriguez and I wrote this historical perspective on Next Generation Sequencing by synthesis, because we were both postdocs in Shankar’s lab during the time it was being developed at Solexa…. 1/n🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 16, 2023 at 3:21 PM
Raphael Rodriguez and I wrote this historical perspective on Next Generation Sequencing by synthesis, because we were both postdocs in Shankar’s lab during the time it was being developed at Solexa…. 1/n🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Miles Gander
⚠️THREAD OF ALL SCIENCE-RELATED STARTER PACKS! ⚠️
🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field
- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
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Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...
🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field
- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Structural Biology 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 17, 2024 at 6:48 PM
⚠️THREAD OF ALL SCIENCE-RELATED STARTER PACKS! ⚠️
🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field
- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Structural Biology 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...
🔄Share to help people finding its topic/field
- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Structural Biology 1: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Structural Biology 2: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Crystallography: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Synchrotron&CryoEM: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Reposted by Miles Gander
Anybody have a bioml starter pack?
November 11, 2024 at 11:45 PM
New Podcast from Birch Biosciences - Our Co-Founders Johan and Emily discuss the potential of our enzymatic plastic recycling technology. A good one!
climatecap.substack.com/p/can-precis...
climatecap.substack.com/p/can-precis...
Can Precision Enzymes Enable 100% Recyclable Plastic? (with Johan Kers and Emily Duncan @ Birch Biosciences)
Insights on early stage climate tech from one of the oldest and most active climate tech funders in the world. Visit www.climatecapital.co to learn more.
climatecap.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:33 PM
New Podcast from Birch Biosciences - Our Co-Founders Johan and Emily discuss the potential of our enzymatic plastic recycling technology. A good one!
climatecap.substack.com/p/can-precis...
climatecap.substack.com/p/can-precis...