Dr. Mathew Hoekstra, a postdoc researcher and research manager at Food Cycle Science, shares his journey from overcoming a life-altering injury to advancing science. We delve into Food Cycle Science's solutions for food waste, including Food Cyclers, and explore innovations in petroleum-based plastic alternatives and enzymatic bioplastic degradation.
Intro/outro track:
https://soundcloud.com/maxsolmusic/scapazzzz?in=maxsolmusic/sets/tto&utm_source=mobi&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Dr. Hoekstra's selected paper:
Spectrophotometric-Based Assay to Quantify Relative Enzyme-Mediated Degradation of Commercially Available Bioplastics
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/11/2439#
(00:00) Intro
(01:57) Life changing injury
(05:52) Educational background
(11:02) Fast-tracking to a PhD
(14:27) Pandemic impact on PhD progress
(16:39) COVID research project
(18:05) Patent on peptide inhibitor
(25:34) How Mitacs grants work
(27:13) Food Cycle Science (FCS)
(29:41) FCS machines reduce food waste
(34:08) Can it kill food born pathogens?
(35:39) What does it produce?
(37:26) Community implementations
(40:09) The recycling problem
(41:33) Bioplastics, history, pros, cons
(47:10) Challenges of degrading bioplastics
(49:56) Using enzymes to catalyze the process
(1:02:08) Wetlab plastic waste
(1:04:13) Food safety advancements
(1:09:30) Final thoughts
(1:11:47) Closing question
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