120- Using potatoes as molecular bioreactors with Maya Sapir-Mir of PoLoPo
Jun 17, 2024•47 min
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Episode description
Maya Sapir-Mir is the Co-Founder & CEO of PoLoPo, a Israel-based startup pioneering a new method of molecular farming to grow egg proteins in potatoes. In this episode, we’ll talk about how Polopo leverages CRISPR to express proteins within potatoes, how molecular farming works, and the end-to-end supply chain that helps it compete against traditional agriculture.
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