Plant Cryopreservation in the Spotlight

Science fiction has long popularised the idea of being frozen alive to achieve a sort of immortality. While that remains a fantasy for the future, cryopreservation has a very real role to play in the present. Joining us all the way from Colorado, PhD candidate Fionna Samuels is here to tell us all about how she studies the key to preserving our biodiversity in the face of a changing climate, and why you should savour the next time you bite into an apple.

If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out:

A Massive Science article on tree cryopreservationAn article from the Modern Farmer on saving avocados for future generationsAn op-ed from The Revelator on why the next pandemic we should we worried about might not infect usFor those interested in the details Fionna's research, an academic paper she recently published in Plants

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