From artificial photosynthesis to ATP from electricity: Tobias Erb, director at the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, believes that new solutions can be found at the intersection of different disciplines. But how can we become more efficient than nature? How can we teach E. coli, the 'workhorse bacterium' of biotechnology, new biochemical processes? Prof. Dr. Erb is particularly interested in the binding and conversion of the greenhouse gas CO₂. Taking inspiration from nature, he and his team use synthetic biology to find new solutions for future sustainability, according to the motto: out of the atmosphere and into the bioeconomy.
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