Taster Lecture: Recycling Plastics Using Synthetic Biology
This lecture will be presented by Professor of Synthetic Biology for Bioprocessing John Ward and will be the second of three taster lectures from UCL Biochemical Engineering. Professor Ward is part of a UCL project to reduce plastic waste and will present a lecture on recycling with synthetic biology
Taster Lecture: Recycling Plastics Using Synthetic Biology
03 Jun 2020, 13:00 – 14:00
He and his team are identifying and improving the performance of both novel plastic degrading bacteria and their enzymes using protein engineering, allowing plastics to be recycled more easily. After Prof Ward’s 30 minute lecture there will time for questions and discussion.
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