Nick Desnoyer - The Plant Engineer

By day, Nick is a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Ueli Grossniklaus at the University of Zürich. By night, he is a flower engineer and artist on a mission to communicate the beauty of plant science to the public through educational projects… you may recognize him as the guy who genetically engineered Arabidopsis flowers and leaves to have different colors and shapes.In this episode:* Where do you draw the line between art and science?* Can we build flower design LLMs?* Could we engineer interactive, responsive, moving plants?* How can we epigenetically reprogram plants?* What future plant biotech tool would you be the most blown away by?* What are Nick’s next steps in his educational projects? * What are the craziest ideas to make with plant engineering?* How is biology different to other expression media?Follow the Biopunk:* Sofia’s X* Biopunk on X* Sofia’s LinkedIn* Biopunk on LinkedInThanks for following the Biopunk! Please share this episode, there will be new ones every week ;) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sofiasbio.substack.com