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Colonizing Space with Synthetic Biology
Chris Mason, a professor of genomics at Cornell, discusses how synthetic biology can help humans colonize space and travel to other planets. He also talks about the experiments he conducts on space missions to study the effects of space travel on the human body.
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Chris Mason, a Professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Cornell, discusses his research on the molecular basis of changes in the human body during long-term space travel and his book about engineering life to colonize space.
00:00 - 03:35 (03:35)
Summary
Chris Mason, a Professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Cornell, discusses his research on the molecular basis of changes in the human body during long-term space travel and his book about engineering life to colonize space.