BioPOD is back with an episode on Smartphone Biosensors and the importance of Synthetic Biology in today's global landscape.  This episode focuses on a fluorescent bacterial biosensor that quantifies levels of toxic arsenic in the environment and  connects to a smartphone. Stay tuned for this episode where we interview Dr Baojun Wang and Dr Xinyi Wan from the Synthetic Biological Engineering Lab at the University of Edinburgh. This lab specializes in engineering bacteria to act as biosensors which are applied to monitor toxic metal concentrations in the environment. 


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