Biological Disciplines Meet to Break, Then Maybe Fix, Bread

Synthetic biologists design and make biological devices and systems for useful purposes. Conservation biologists study biodiversity to protect species and habitat. The two groups don’t talk to each other much. Conservation biologist Kent Redford thus organized a conference, the aim: “A better communication and an attempt on our part to instill some of our values into the lives and decisions made by synthetic biologists; to change the path that those technologies may take, to make them less environmentally harmful, if not in fact environmentally beneficial.” [More]
Source: Scientific American Topic - Biotechnology - Category: Biotechnology Tags: More Science,Chemistry,Environment,Society & Policy,More Science,Biotechnology,Energy Sustainability,Science Education,Evolutionary Biology,Ecology,Biotechnology,Biology,Evolution Source Type: news