The problem

Protecting human health in the 21st century is a global endeavor. New threats to human well-being – from emerging pathogens to climate change – demand entirely new solutions.

Our inspiration

Biology holds answers to the problems we face in our society today. Living things build, maintain, and recycle themselves sustainably; they eliminate toxins from the environment and use them productively; and they fight pathogens quickly and creatively. Life on earth has all the requisite abilities we need to power new medical and sustainability strategies.

Our solution

Our community has a long history of coaxing life’s secrets out of molecules, cells, and organisms. The Synthetic Biology HIVE now leverages the unsurpassed expertise of Harvard Medical School to develop new quantitative biotechnology with the goal of solving real-world problems.