COVID Catalysts | The biotechnology revolution – delivering a greener and cleaner future
Added on Mon Sep 28 06:20:00 BST 2020
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Robert Field, Professor of Chemistry
Biotechnology promises a revolution in the way we make our future medicines, materials and fuels. The big challenge is moving industries from oil-based resources to a greener biotech alternative. How can this be achieved?
Well, the Second World War provided the motivation to get the antibiotic penicillin from being a lab-based curiosity into mainstream use, as it was needed to treat injured combatants and civilians.
The COVID-19 emergency could act as a very similar catalysts to fast-tract innovation and scale up the “biotechnology revolution” so it meets the challenges of the health crisis – and then the potentially even bigger existential risk of climate change.
View all our flash lectures and find out more on our COVID Catalysts web page
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/beacons/covid-catalysts/
Industrial Biotechnology is one of five key areas of research focus at The University of Manchester. Our research beacons shine a light on Manchester's pioneering discoveries, interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-sector partnerships which are helping to tackle some of the biggest global challenges facing the planet.
Find out more about our Industrial Biotechnology research
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/beacons/industrial-biotechnology/
Filmed: 23/09/20
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