Generative Optogenetics (GO) workshop 2026

The Generative Optogenetics (GO) workshop brings together leading performers, researchers, and innovators from across the life sciences to tackle the most challenging questions in light-driven nucleic acid synthesis. This event is an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and contribute, showcasing your research, sharing ideas, and engaging with the GO community. The workshop will feature GO Performer Team Sessions, Lightning Talks, Poster & Networking Sessions, a Biosecurity Forum, and a Commercialization & Policy Panel. It focuses on the DARPA GO program's aim to develop a revolutionary molecular platform for direct, template-free programming of DNA or RNA sequences inside living cells using light, transforming biomanufacturing, therapeutics, and defense applications.