
OpinionJanuary 14, 2019
Microbes Might Be Key to a Mars Mission
Engineered yeast could turn waste into food, plastics and other essentials
Mark Blenner is the McQueen-Quattlebaum Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Clemson University, in South Carolina. His research group engineers yeast and other cells to make value-added products using renewable and waste substrates. His work has been supported with funding from NASA's Space Technology Research Grants program in the Space Technologies Mission Directorate.

Microbes Might Be Key to a Mars Mission
Engineered yeast could turn waste into food, plastics and other essentials