Aug 15, 2017
Voices
- Justin Gallivan, program manager, Biological Technologies Office
- Host: Ivan Amato, Public Affairs
Leveraging biology's evolution-honed abilities for making molecules and materials
Synthetic biologist and program manager Justin Gallivan of the Biological Technologies Office shares his vision of leveraging biology’s astonishing, evolution-honed abilities for making molecules and materials—think here of protein and wood—into powerful new technologies that fall into the emerging category of synthetic biology.
Among the potential payoffs he discusses are growing military installations from what could be thought of as seeds and pre-toughening warfighters’ guts for the microbial challenges they face in faraway missions. Be warned: blue poop and interplanetary construction come up in this engaging discussion.
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