I am one of the creators of the first "synthetic" bacterial cell. AMA
On an unrelated note, I hate it that reddit (where content is <i>not</i> localized) defaults the interface language to that of my OS (why would I need that?), while most websites of multinational corporations (where all content is localized and country-specific) make me <i>manually</i> select my country. Country != desired language, but both can be easily determined with comparable precision (although by different means).</rant>