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BioTech : Come take a look through our microscope! |
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Biotechnology is that branch of engineering that focuses on integrating biotic elements to manufacture advanced products. Environmental biotech, is that offshoot branch of this larger science that aims to tackle day-to-day environmental issues like pollution, climate change, global warming, food shortage and many more.
The International Society for Environmental Biotechnology is widely considered as the global governing authority for environmental biotechnology R&D. Over the last few decades, humans have widely experimented with genetic manipulations and environmental engineering to develop more eco friendly and cost effective industrial processes. One of the great examples of this is the Green Revolution of India, which in 1961 saved the country from a large famine. Norman Borlung and C. Subramaniam were two of the bright minds who in collaboration with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) designed a new variety of rice knows as IR8 which gave a 10x yield. More such high yielding variety of crops were designed thanks to advancements in environmental biotech and thus revolutionised the way a country produces and consumes food. This was a great step towards food security. Treating oil spills by introducing microbes that can break oil to produce energy is another important application of 'eco-biotech' amongst various others like the development of more effective waste disposal systems, improving the biodegradability of plastics, producing electro-chemical energy and maybe even electricity from live organisms, and breaking down harmful air pollutants before they are emitted. Hopefully in the coming years, with adequate funding and quality R&D, environmental biotech will provide us a more sustainable society rid of pollutants and toxic effluents and shining with clean air, water and streets.
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keep it up
Posted 29-01-2018 23:23
good job
Posted 29-01-2018 23:22
Thanks a ton Elizaveta!
Posted 02-01-2018 20:12
Thank you, Stephanie and Jihyeon. I didn't know that both of you study BioTech at Uni. That's really cool!
I'm currently taking a few courses at my college too relating to chemical engineering and biomedical science and I find it very exciting. It is definitely the future!
Thank you so much for your feedback.
Posted 02-01-2018 20:12
Hi, Ramal! Having formerly majored in biotechnology myself, I was really excited to see this report! I've actually participated in experiments where we used biotechnology to develop new energy sources. We used cellulase (an enzyme that breaks down cellulose) that was extracted from mushrooms to break down cellulose into smaller sugars. This makes it possible for cellulose in the wood of trees to be used as a source of sugars for biofuels, and we can overcome one of preexisting problems of biofuel: that it mainly uses food sources, such as corn. There are also other examples of using biotechnology for the environment, and I think that it is a very promising field that may be able to solve many environmental problems. Nice work!
Posted 02-12-2017 10:37
Hi, Ramal! There are plenty of research related to biotech. Recently I've learned nano-bio robotics and nanoscale medicine engineering courses at my University. I realized that the range of biotech is wide and have a huge potential to be developed and applied to the world to fix diseases more easily and simply. Of course, as you've already mentioned, including resolving environmental problems to retain sustainable infrastructure and society! Thanks for your report!
Posted 21-11-2017 01:00
I liked your report! Thank's for sharing!
Posted 20-11-2017 02:27