Learn How Researchers Design Synthetic Microbes with Balloons!
In this fun and interactive activity, participants will learn how microbes are modified in the lab for the industrial production of biofuels and biochemicals. We’ll showcase microbes that have been engineered to show off vibrant colors, fluorescence, and to smell pleasant (promise, nice ones!) Participants will have the chance to create their very own "balloon microbe," which can sparkle, rattle, or glow! Along the way, they’ll also get a hands-on introduction to DNA gene expression cassettes an
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Biodesign InstituteThe Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University delivers the future of nature-inspired scientific innovation today for the betterment of human health, community safety and global sustainability.
The Biodesign Institute is a place unlike any other. Here, hundreds of scientists — biologists, physicists, chemists, engineers, mathematicians — cross boundaries and work together, creating nature-inspired solutions to global challenges in health, sustainability and security.