Twist Bioscience, a company focused on synthetic DNA, today announced that its CEO, Emily Leproust, Ph.D., has been selected as one of Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2015 for fast-tracking the building blocks of life. Each year, Foreign Policy selects the leading Global Thinkers whose contributions and work have changed lives and are shaping the world.
“It is an honor to be recognized among these incredible global leaders,” said Leproust. “At Twist Bioscience, we continue to accelerate applications that benefit from DNA writing, from health and medical breakthroughs to environmental sustainability, to improve the lives of people around the world. We look forward to continued innovation through all areas of research that benefit from the decreasing cost and increasing scale of DNA synthesis.”