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Looking Back on COP26: Sustainable Biotechnology with Professor Louise Horsfall

March 15, 2022 BioPod Edinburgh Season 2 Episode 5
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Looking Back on COP26: Sustainable Biotechnology with Professor Louise Horsfall
Show Notes

In this episode of our COP26 series, Chris talks to Prof. Louise Horsfall, Chair of Sustainable Biotechnology at the University of Edinburgh, about her participation in the COP26 conference in Glasgow. We get to hear about her experience as a scientist hearing the sometimes conflicting ideas of politicians and companies. Prof. Horsfall also talks about how her lab uses engineered microbes to recycle metals from battery waste. 

 

Resources mentioned: 

Faraday Institution: the UK’s battery research programme https://www.faraday.ac.uk