How Synthetic Biology Will Help Us Build a Sustainable Future | Stephen Wallace | TEDxVienna

In this talk Dr. Wallace explains the ways in which synthetic biologic will help us tackle climate change. Dr. Stephen Wallace is an Associate Professor of Biotechnology and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. He received a DPhil in Organic Chemistry from the University of Oxford and is a designer of microorganisms with a drive to create new biotechnologies that can enable the manufacture of chemicals such as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics from sustainable materials as opposed to fossil fuels. Research from his lab has achieved the bio-production of nylon precursors from plant biomass and paper waste, and the production of vanilla flavouring from plastic waste. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@SolidSiren]

Synthetic biology doesn't just reprogram microbes. It's also construction of therapeutics or even creation of new organs or eventually living prosthetics for handicapped people. The latter has been my dream for years.

[@cross-eyedmary6619]

It’s also used to create smaller people to lesson carbon footprint and create food allergies to decrease our meat consumption.
It can also be used to predispose a population to being sickly…like a bioweapon.

[@SolidSiren]

"Almost everything you see which is not made of metal, wood, stone, glass, wool or cotton is made from petroleum. Even products made from these natural materials tend to be supplemented with petroleum."

[@bryanlora8686]

The fact that you don’t have many like let’s me know we are are doom. May the real God have mercy on us

[@crimsonflame2375]

Synthetic bio😢 , I am a bioscience/life science, undergrad (with a triple major , zoology , botany and chemistry) , where should I go biotech, bioinformatics, environmental science,immunology every Ted talk convinces me from one to another

[@imaadshabir5713]

Me too

[@imaadshabir5713]

But have a clear goal in mind. Follow one hate none. U have to sacrifice 99 things to get one thing.

[@lukepatto4366]

How old are you? you seem young, smart, but young. Talk with your family and talk with other people who are interested in your same line, use forums etc, but base your choices and conclusions on how much relativity it has to what you want to change in your community (where ever you want to end up)

[@cykonot]

informatics

[@SolidSiren]

You can go anywhere! That's the beauty of a biophysics or biology degree. SynBio is my dream too 😍

[@danielcarrasco768]

Ginkgo BioWorks is leading the way towards a sustainable Synthetic Biology future.

[@danielcarrasco768]

@@zelenajabuka8028 I hope so. This world needs them more than ever. They are working on potentially stopping the next outbreak and whatever other outbreak there will be in the future. So yes we Need them to succeed, for humanity's sake.

[@vishaalbhatnagar3924]

Wonderful insights. Thank you.

[@pakagrin7761]

I hope it will work, will improve our next generation living standard....

[@nicolasdurr3976]

Neri Oxman's practice being presented as a new field

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I appreciate the opportunity, I just sent her a message and she responded nicely..

[@axdx2320]

i've chosen to study the field as soon as i heard ''novel nucleotides, XNA instead of DNA''

[@suruxstrawde8322]

Antihumanitarian companies from pharmaceuticals to plastics and gasoline producers gonna hate this.

[@MrMunch-xw9fn]

Its like bacon man. Sounds delicious, is delicious, cant help but feel like its not good for ya.

[@aek12]

can you make gold?

[@lightz7194]

I had the same question 😂

[@SolidSiren]

Synthetic gold has already been a thing for awhile. It isn't worth making though.

[@MrMunch-xw9fn]

Where we are going you will be more worried about dodging it.

[@ramratansankhla]

gold is inorganic thing , these technologies can only transfer organic into another organic products ....

[@SchgurmTewehr]

How it COULD not how it will.

[@SolidSiren]

Oh it will. It already is.

[@CamelxRavenNova2]

Synthetic Biology and Transhumanism is the way.

[@Trymsi]

This is very old news.

[@kenobizen87]

They are transforming the human...again.

[@MrMunch-xw9fn]

Again.