Science in the News
A Harvard graduate student organization
SITN is a Ph.D student group at Harvard University. Our mission is to examine the science behind the media reports we hear everyday.
- Mimicking Fossil Fuels through Metabolic Engineering
Facing the devastating impacts of global warming and energy insecurity, the US has mandated blending biofuels into its transportation fuel supply through the Renewable Fuels Standards (RFS) program. At current projected gasoline and diesel consumption rates, these standards mandate that 20% of US transportation fuels must be “renewable” by 2022 . Although ethanol, the US’…
- The Life of a Genetically Modified Organism: From the laboratory to your dinner table
Presented by Natalie Moroz, Steph Guerra, and Sharon Hung GMOs have been making headlines recently, but what exactly is a genetically modified organism? This lecture will start by covering GMOs in the laboratory - how they’re made and how that compares to traditional methods of genetic alteration like selective breeding. We’ll then talk about GMOs…
