Applications of engineering bio #

Cure diseases #

• alzheimers
• blindness
• COVID

Feeding the world #

• Yield - not making more arable land, and water getting scarcer
• Crop failure - nobel prize for wheat
• Reduce pesticides - targeted, without side effects
• Reduce fertilizer - nitrogen fixing corn, aquifers

Industrial Applications #

• Scents
• Catalysts
• Cleaners/detergents