• Question: Could this reaserch stop polluting

    Asked by anon-200244 to David, Hannah, Jordan, Leigh, Oliver, Rosemary on 12 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Oliver Gordon

      Oliver Gordon answered on 12 Mar 2019:

      My work is largely around trying to save time spent running some rather expensive equipment. If we need them on for less time, we use less electricity, and need less resources to cool them to sub-zero temperatures.
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      So in a way it does reduce pollution a little bit (but not much at all! That’s not my area of expertise!).

    • Photo: David Walker-Sünderhauf

      David Walker-Sünderhauf answered on 12 Mar 2019:

      My research can hopefully counteract a very specific type of “pollution”: releasing antibiotics into the environment, for example from hospital waste, can often lead to superbugs (antibiotic resistant bacteria) being generated.
      I’m researching into a biotechnology which could stop this happening by removing the genes that make bacteria resistant!

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