TEDxUPM Talk on "GMOs: Seeds of Destruction?"
August 17, 2016| |
Are GMOs seeds of destruction? Dr. Mahaletchumy Arujanan, Executive Director of the Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC) answers this question during a TEDx event in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).
Dr. Arujanan is an award-winning scientist and science communicator. She was hailed as one of the most influential people in biotechnology by Scientific American's Worldview 2015. She was also featured in Mary Ann Liebert's Biotechnology Law Report 2015 as one of the key women with significant contributions in biotechnology law and regulation. In 2010, Dr. Arujanan won the 2010 Third World Academy of Science Regional Prize for Public Understanding of Science for East, Southeast Asia and Pacific Region. Dr. Arujanan also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of The Petri Dish, the first science newspaper in Malaysia.
Watch Dr. Arujanan's talk now!
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