3D printing on a Bambu P1P
My main maker tool: PLA prints, magnets in everything, and a move from Tinkercad to Fusion 360.
Twin 02 · Nika
Hi, I'm Nika. I make DNA readable and plastic useful.
I'm an associate director of sequencing operations at Ultima Genomics, where I've spent eight years helping make genome sequencing cheaper. Off the clock I 3D print, tinker with a lab robot, and write about the anime and games I can't stop thinking about.
Right now
Maker
Printers, robots and a smart-ish home
A Bambu P1P 3D printer, an Opentrons OT-2 looking for a non-lab job, Home Assistant and a Raspberry Pi server.
Open the workbench →FamilyAkido-Iremadze Winery
Our family's qvevri winery in Ikalto, Kakheti, Georgia, making wine the 8,000-year-old way.
Read the story →ReviewsAnime & games, rated
Latest: Frieren Beyond Journey's End Season 1.
All reviews →Science15 publications
Sequencing for 14 partner labs and institutes, including the Broad, Whitehead/MIT, Stanford and the Francis Crick Institute.
Publications →From the workbench
A lab robot with a new job
An Opentrons OT-2 liquid handler, now at home, being turned into a pen plotter (and maybe a bartender).
Home Assistant smart home
Home Assistant Green tying together smart switches, plugs and the thermostat, with automations on top.
Latest reviews
animeFrieren Beyond Journey's End Season 1
A slow-paced anime which deviates from the normal story of a party of heroes fighting the 'big bad' and instead focuses on what comes after.
Mar 2026
gameMarathon
Bungie's Next Live Service tries to take on the Extraction Shooter Genre
Mar 2026