Omicron and xenobots

Thursday, 9 December 2021 - 8:30am to 9:00am
A stable and energy-efficient design for a xenobot - red is active heart muscle and green is passive skin tissue (Image by Kriegman, S., Blackiston, D., Levin, M., Bongard, J., CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

This week, Claire finds out what we know, or more accurately don't know, about the new Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with answers from epidemiologist Raina MacIntyre to some common questions about what it means for the COVID-19 pandemic; and then for a real scare, Stu introduces us to xenobots, manufactured organisms made from cells of the frogĀ Xenopus laevis, which can move about and have acquired the ability to replicate themselves.

Claire, Chris & Stu
Thursday 8:30am to 9:00am
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