Aden Ip
Aden Ip is a field scientist at the University of Washington who builds portable DNA sequencing platforms for real-time biodiversity monitoring. He has sequenced and identified species live on research vessels, coral reefs, and in rainforest canopies, and was an XPRIZE Rainforest award winner.
Session
Every organism around you is shedding DNA right now. Into the water, into the air, everywhere. We built a system that captures it, sequences it on a device the size of a USB stick, and identifies species live on screen. No lab. No internet. No waiting. At ToorCamp, we are pointing it at Doe Bay. Water goes in, and minutes later you are watching whales, sharks, fish, and birds appear on a dashboard as their DNA gets read in real time. We have run this on research ships, coral reefs, and in rainforest canopies. This time, you get to watch it happen. Come see what’s lurking around you.
