#10 - Dr Rattan Lal - Using soil to combat climate change
The Biotech Podcast
02/11/21
•45m
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Soil is one of the most powerful carbon sequestering tools known to man, and protecting it will lead to greater food security with higher nutritional content, better water quality and of course can also play a huge part in reducing global warming. This week Dr Ratan Lal, winner of the 2020 world food prize, talks passionately about his life's work with soil and how we need to harness this incredible ecosystem for good.
Episode synopsis:
00:00 - Soil and its qualities
6:32 - Soil is alive
11:01 - Giving back to our soils
14:59 - Measuring soil health
16:20 - Soil degradation in impoverished areas
19:35 - What drew you to soil science
24:20 - Regulating soil erosion
25:01 - Soil and its role in carbon sequestration
36:17 - Biogeochemical cycling
41:35 - Advice
44:40 - Extro
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#9 - Professor Bob Langer - Vaccines, Nanotech and Transforming Medicine
February 4, 2021
•45m
From the delivery of the mRNA vaccines into cells to the delivery of chemotherapy directly to tumours, it is fair to say Professor Bob Langer has revolutionised modern medicine. Bob is the 4th most cited individual of all time and having founded over 40 biotechnology companies including Moderna, Bob is, without doubt, one of the most influential scientists alive today.
Full Synopsis:
00:00 - Introductions
2:12 - Angiogenesis inhibitors and drug-delivery systems
5:50 - Conventional wisdom and challenging sceptics
13:52 - How to go about solving a problem
20:20 - Changing the world
22:14 - Pursuing your passions and academia
28:54 - Setting up a company and using impact as a metric
35:28 - The Moderna vaccine and nanoparticles
42:08 - Advice for young scientists and the exciting areas of research today
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#11 - Professor Peter Hammond - Carbon Capture and Fertilisers
February 18, 2021
•51m
The founder of CCm technologies, Peter Hammond, talks to us this week on carbon capture machines, along with their use in producing organic fertilisers to improve soil health.
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Episode synopsis:
00:00 - Intro
01:14 - Developing ideas
14:37 - The components of a healthy soil
21:51 - Traditional fertilisers
24:44 - Measuring soil health
25:47 - Organic fertilisers
30:47 - Carbon sources
35:12 - Targeting climate change
50:30 - Extro
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