Designing Enzymes for the Infinite Recycling and Upcycling of Plastic

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Speaker:
Matthew Spence, Samsara Eco. Pty. Ltd.

The production of virgin plastics poses a monumental environmental threat. Global greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed alone to the production of virgin plastic material. Poor end-of-life plastic waste management and recycling solutions can mean that the overwhelming majority of post-consumer plastic accumulates as pollution, imposing untold environmental damage. Hear how Dr. Matthew Spence used Twist Synthetic DNA to develop a novel enzyme design platform for engineering poly(ethylene) terephthalate (PET) hydrolases that can rapidly degrade PET plastic under harsh industrial conditions while sharing only distant homology to natural enzymes.

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