Will Canine | Lessons from Opentrons
Bio | Will Canine is the Co-Founder of Opentrons. He comes from a background in community organizing and political campaign management, but decided to pursue technology as a more effective way to change the world. Obsessed with microbiology since an early age, Will became interested in open-source lab automation as a lever for accelerating scientific research while working at Genspace during his master’s degree at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program in 2014.
Summary | Dreaming of democratized access to biotechnology, Will Canine started Opentrons as an NYU thesis project. The company has been wildly successful and his entrepreneurial story highlights the importance of amateur technology movements. Will also gives a riveting firsthand account of their heroic efforts to improve COVID testing during the pandemic.