Anton Jackson-smith
Building Synthetic Cells at b.next
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAnton Jackson-smith is a bioengineer and entrepreneur with a decade of experience building synthetic cells to make biology engineerable, currently leading that effort at b.next in San Francisco. He completed a PhD and M.Eng. at Stanford focused on integrating life-essential systems and developing measurement approaches for complex cellular constructs. Prior to graduate research he blended software and product roles—architecting systems at Magic Memories and leading product at LawSpot—bringing rare technical breadth across wet lab engineering and product development. His dual background in molecular biotechnology and a first-class law degree signals a pragmatic, systems-minded approach to translating lab discovery into robust, regulated technologies.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Molecular Biotechnology, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Molecular Biotechnology at University of OtagoDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioengineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bioengineering at Stanford University
English
Github Skills (39)
biology9
robotics9
temple9
science9
protocols9
k3s7
amdgpu7
k8s7
ros6
helm6
charts6
dmx5125
python5
monitor5
freebsd4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bnext-bio/nucleus-jupyterhub
Apr 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:207 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 3 months
antonjs/StorytimeLX
Aug 2019 - Sep 2021
LXStudio Digital Lighting Workstation
Contributions:17 commits, 7 pushes in 2 years 1 month
dmx512lightingworkstation
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