“Peter received a B.S. in Biochemistry and B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Texas, his M.Bs. from the Keck Graduate Institute, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Rice University. At the Wyss Institute, Peter currently works on programmable probiotics and freeze-dried cell-free manufacturing technology across multiple platforms. His research interests also include engineering systems for the precise self-assembly and control of nanoscale structures; protein engineering for synthetic biology and biomedical applications.”

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The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.

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Peter Q Nguyen

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Timestamp

00:00 Introducing Peter Nguyen

00:30 Climate change technology / Forest fires

04:00 Carbon capture / Simple technology 

09:45 Incentive structures / Carbon tax

14:10 Synthetic biology, climate change

19:05 Mango Materials / Molly Morse / Bioplastics / methane 

25:40 Engineering organism for each use case / matter converter 

33:35 Non scalable part of engineering organisms to fight climate change issues

39:35 Rumination / chambers with focused organisms

41:55 Metrics for success for engineering organism / Techno economic Analysis 

45:40 Controlling organisms / pathways in organisms 

52:18 Machine Learning/ AI revolutionizing biology / optimizing pathways

55:40 Knowing what to learn to innovate 

01:00:25 Wyss Institute after working there 10 years / New discoveries 

01:06:15 Quarterly brown bag updates 

01:09:20 Getting the most from poster presentation conferences 

01:12:11 Poster Idea on shirts

01:13:40 Other projects Peter is working on / Synthetic biology / Corals / Algae 

01:19:45 EDNA Water test technology to find species 

01:21:55 Finding / Understanding missing species 

01:23:45 Bigfoot hunting project

01:25:00 Bigfoot hunters saving lives