LIVING TECHNOLOGY
Counteracting Climate Change
through Bioengineering
We wish to thank the German Ministry of Science and Education, the state of Berlin, as-well as our partners at the Berlin University Alliance for their continued funding and support.
PROJECT OUTLINE
Our Current Focus
MODELING THE AZOLLA EVENT
Representing one of the most dramatic biological events in the history of our planet, the azolla-event tells the incredible story of the fastest growing plant on earth.
49 millions years ago, this aquatic fern overgrew the north pole, fixing of vast amounts of CO2 in a remarkably short period of time.
Rapidly, removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, the azolla bloom of the Eocene ended the greenhouse climate millions of years ago.
Could the fern that changed the climate do it once again?
LIFE + TECHNOLOGY
Removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere represents the most crucial strategy to stop climate change.
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Our vision at Living Technology, is to aid CO2 consuming lifeforms in their evolutionary traits, through the integration of technology.
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Moving phototropic organisms from the role of the model, into the center of systems design, we want to build a symbiotic partner for the fastest growing plant on the planet.
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SYNTHETIC MACROBIOLOGY
The goal of this project, is to build a living technology that fixes CO2 from the atmosphere on the basis of biological photosynthesis.
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In the laboratory we investigate optimal growth conditions as well as growth limitations of different species of the genus azolla.
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In this endeavour, life is illuminated as the solution.
Azolla microphylla
LOCATION & CONTACT
Living Technology
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Department of Physics, Free University Berlin
Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin
1.2.17 Dennis Nürnberg PhD
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