The weed that could feed billions

The incredible weed that photosynthesises twice as efficiently! Support this series and the channel by signing up for Nebula (and get 40% off with my code): https://go.nebula.tv/simonclark
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In this episode in the PhD stories series, I visited the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands to chat to Francesco, a grad student who is researching the extraordinary photosynthesis abilities of Hirschfeldia incana. This is just a weed, sure, but a weed who has exceptionally high rates of photosynthesis, and may just be the way to feed a future Earth with 10 billion people on it.

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Francesco's project page https://www.wur.nl/en/project/resolvi...
Paper on Hirschfeldia incana https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.11...
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Some stock footage from Getty.

In this grad school vlog I talk to Francesco Garassino, a PhD student at the University of Wageningen, who is researching photosynthesis in the department of plant science. What's it like doing a PhD in plant science? What's it like doing a PhD in the Netherlands? We talk about why his species of plant has such high rates of photosynthesis, what it's like to build your own lab equipment, and how plant science can feed a planet with 10 billion people.

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