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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/seminar-speaker-dr-vik
 ramaditya-yadav-biology-infrastructure
LOCATION:E5 - Engineering 5 Room 2004 200 University Avenue West Waterloo O
 N N2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Seminar Speaker Dr. Vikramaditya Yadav\\ Biology as infrastructure:
 \nEngineering the next industrial revolution
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Abstract :\n\nHumanity faces multiple converging crises such as
  pandemics\, climate\nchange\, ecosystem degradation\, and environmental p
 ressures from rising\nglobal prosperity. We urgently need transformative s
 olutions. At the\nsame time\, the past three decades have also witnessed s
 terling\nadvances in genomics\, synthetic biology\, and computation\, whic
 h have\nre-cast living systems as programmable platforms for innovation.\n
 Biology has now matured into a form of infrastructure - an enabling\nlayer
  upon which solutions to health\, the energy transition\, material\nde-fos
 silization and the circular economy can be built.\n\nJust as physical infr
 astructure underpinned the industrial age and\ndigital infrastructure driv
 es the current information age\, biological\ninfrastructure now offers the
  foundation for a sustainable one.\nEngineered biological systems can faci
 litate a more rapid response to\nemerging threats\, enable sustainable res
 ource recovery\, as well as\nupcycle waste into high-value products. In th
 is sense\, biology is no\nlonger confined to the laboratory\; it is becomi
 ng the scaffolding of a\nnew industrial paradigm where living and designed
  systems work in\nconcert to sustain civilization.
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