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MTS45 - James Collins - Engineering Life: The Past and Future of Synthetic Biology
MTS45 - James Collins - Engineering Life: The Past and Future of Synthetic Biology
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Mar 4, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this podcast, I talk to James Collins, an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a professor at Boston University.
Ten years ago Collins helped launch a new kind of science called synthetic biology. I talked to Collins about the achievements of synthetic biology over the past decade, such as engineering E. coli that can count, and about the future of synthetic biology--from using bacteria to make fuel to reprogramming the bacteria in our guts to improve our health.
Ten years ago Collins helped launch a new kind of science called synthetic biology. I talked to Collins about the achievements of synthetic biology over the past decade, such as engineering E. coli that can count, and about the future of synthetic biology--from using bacteria to make fuel to reprogramming the bacteria in our guts to improve our health.
Released:
Mar 4, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
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