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Lab Manager | Barstow Research Team | Cornell Biological Engineering | Armchair Bioethicist & Philosopher

🧬🌎The State of Climate Biotech 🌎🧬 I recently attended 🧠Connecting Genetics to Climate's🧠 first webinar on "The Landscape of Climate Biotech". It was so cool to hear Nazish Jeffery, Ph.D. and Paul Reginato kick off the conversation, and I am beyond excited to be a part of it all. Here are some of my takeaways: 1️⃣ Current Biotech Funding Focuses More on Human Health Initiatives The NIH does not currently fund climate change research as a health initiative, and the DOE mainly funds later-stage energy projects. This gap leaves researchers in the early stages of developing climate solutions struggling to find adequate funding. This funding gap needs to be addressed to bring these critical innovations to life! 2️⃣ More Impacted Parties Need to Join the Conversation Climate biotech solutions often involve large-scale projects that impact multiple industries—agriculture, firefighting, energy, and more. Widespread adoption of climate solutions depends on collaboration with non-scientists, especially when they will be largely responsible for rollout. 3️⃣ Techno-Economic Assessments Are Essential Many proposed climate biotech solutions will need to compete with traditional commodities and services. Disrupting an industry requires biologists to understand market dynamics and learn to compete in commodity markets. Economic viability is crucial for adoption and long-term impact. A recording of the seminar should be posted later here --> https://lnkd.in/eb8uqTHS #ClimateChange #Biotech #Innovation #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #Bioeconomy

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Thanks for joining us and for sharing your takeaway thoughts. We should be announcing the next ones very soon!

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