It’s Sunday morning, and Ryan is still asleep, and I got a bit bored and started playing around with one of those “blog title generators”. (For those of you for whom this is a new concept, they generate click-bait style headlines for a topic you give them.)
Duckweed in Space with Jenny Mortimer (GotG52)
21.08.2023 - 11:38 / theunconventionalgardener.com / Emma Doughty
In this episode, Emma the Space Gardener talks with Dr Jenny Mortimer from the University of Adelaide, one of the scientists involved with the new Plants for Space (P4S) project. Jenny currently has a bit of an obsession with duckweed, a plant with superpowers that could be right at home in space!
01:39 Jenny explains why she loves duckweed, and why it may be the perfect space plant. (She mentions the microgravity lilypond, which you may remember from episode 11.)
04:31 Once we’ve grown duckweed in space, how are we going to eat it?
07:27 Synthetic biology could turn duckweed into a space biofactory.
09:21 Jenny talks about P4S and the experiment they are planning to send duckweed into space. (Jenny mentions a kind of hibernation state in duckweed, and that’s a turion.)
13:30 What benefits could this research have here on Earth?
15:48 Jenny and I discuss the discomfort of space travel, and Jenny picks her Fantasy Space Plant.
18:34 ‘Bushtucker’ plants in space, and the importance of space for Indigenous Australians.
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Hello, and welcome to episode 52 of Gardeners of the Galaxy, the podcast for all of the sentient beings in the Universe who have a passion for plants. I’m Emma the Space Gardener, and I will be your host as we explore gardening on Earth… and beyond!
In November 2022, the Australian Research Council announced the establishment of a Centre for Excellence in Plants for Space (P4S) to establish a long-term human presence in space and develop innovations on Earth. P4S has initial funding for seven years and 38 partner organisations worldwide, including academic institutions, space agencies, education and outreach
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