The Ronald and Maxine Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy (LCSSP) will be formally launching its newly funded Biopolicy Initiative on October 14, 2025, with an introduction by President Tom Rosenbaum, followed by comments from Mary Maxon, the executive vice president of Carnegie Sciences, on the importance of focusing on policy when engaging in bioscientific research. The keynote address will be delivered by Drew Endy, a Hoover Institution Science Fellow and a key figure in synthetic