Solving global problems with synthetic biology - Tae Seok Moon (full interview)

Опубликовано: 15 Май 2026
на канале: The Sheekey Science Show
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Tae Seok Moon is an associate professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. He is an expert in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and protein engineering. Using synthetic biology, Tae Seok has been engineering probiotic bacteria for medical applications, bacteria to consume plastic and building biocontainment circuits and other global problems.

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TIMESTAMPS:
Intro - 00:00
Synthetic biology - 01:30
Plastic - 10:00
Probiotics - 25:00
Biocontainment - 40:00
Advice - 56:00

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