Seeding sustainable education in developing countries: Teaching biotech in low-income areas

Yensi Flores Bueso; Mark Tangney

doi:10.15252/embr.202050587

Seeding sustainable education in developing countries: Teaching biotech in low-income areas

EMBO Rep. 2020 Sep 3;21(9):e50587. doi: 10.15252/embr.202050587. Epub 2020 Sep 1.

Authors

Yensi Flores Bueso^{1

2

3}, Mark Tangney^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ SynBioCentre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
² Cancer Research@UCC, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
³ APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

Abstract

Synthetic biology has the potential to seed research in impoverished countries. Teaching students and academics has to take into account reality - lessons from Honduras.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biotechnology
Developing Countries*
Honduras
Humans
Students*
Teaching

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding