Will Shindel is the Laboratory Manager at Genspace and also provides scientific mentoring to our members. He studied Biology at Arcadia University, where he investigated the role of insulator elements in genome organization. After graduating, he spent several years working in the pharmaceutical industry. It was during this time that he discovered DIY biology and first came to Genspace. In addition to being Laboratory Manager, Will also teaches the course Genome Editing with CRISPR Cas-9 and is working on creating a spicy tomato by engineering in the capsaicin pathway genes.