The Living Revolution

Modern agriculture and Synthetic biology | The Living Revolution with Wageningen iGEM 2023

September 20, 2023 The Living Revolution
The Living Revolution
Modern agriculture and Synthetic biology | The Living Revolution with Wageningen iGEM 2023
Show Notes

Join us for a whirlwind tour of the key problems with modern agriculture and the alternative emerging technologies. In this final episode with Agata the biocontainment researcher and Simon, Head of Human Practices, from the Wageningen iGEM team, we discuss how synthetic biology can be used as a technology to prevent crop frost damage. We reflect on using synthetic biology in agriculture and discuss common misconceptions, and the gap between scientific advancements and public perceptions behind the nascent field.