altLabs
altLabs is an American non-profit organization based in Berkeley, California.
Organization
Funding
altLabs is funded by the Good Ventures Foundation and Open Philanthropy.1) 2)
Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Swett | President and Co-founder3) | Council on Strategic Risks, Lockheed Martin, Breakthrough Starshot, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Missouri State University, University of Oxford, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Foresight Institute, ASU Biodesign Institute4) |
| Ethan Alley | Board Chair | MIT Media Lab, Harvard Medical School, Center for Effective Altruism, Sculpting Evolution Group5) |
| Kevin Esvelt | Director | MIT Media Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| Gregory Lewis | Director | - |
| Chris Bakerlee | Secretary & Treasurer | - |
| George Church | Scientific Advisor6) 7) | Inventor of genetic sequencing |
Partners
Collaborators and partners of altLabs include the International Genetically Engineered Medicine Foundation (iGEM) Safety and Security Program, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and Johns Hopkins Applies Physics Laboratory.8)
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Swett, J. (2021). Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (p. 22). altLabs. https://web.archive.org/web/20230116033559/https://altlabs.tech/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/altLabs-2020-Form-990-FINAL.pdf
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Stocum, K. About altLabs. AltLabs. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230116083232/https://altlabs.tech/about/
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Jacob Swett - Experience. LinkedIn. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-swett/details/experience/
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Alley, E. C., Turpin, M., Liu, A. B., Kulp-McDowall, T., Swett, J., Edison, R., Von Stetina, S. E., Church, G. M., & Esvelt, K. M. (2020). A machine learning toolkit for genetic engineering attribution to facilitate biosecurity. Nature Communications, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19612-0
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GeorgeChurch-Headshot. altLabs. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://archive.ph/Hatz6