Dr. Bryn Adams’ fascination with biology was sparked in high school when she learned that DNA was exactly the same in everything alive! “It didn’t matter whether it was single celled, amoebas, paramecium, slime mold, or things like trees; plants and animals all share the same genetic code, or the four-letter alphabet of DNA.”

Dr. Adams’ expertise in synthetic biology led to a career solving problems for the Army, specifically in the field of genetic engineering of microbes to address issues that arise in the field. Filmed during the pandemic, Dr. Adams shares stories about custom antibiotic capsules that could be added to a canteen to make penicillin and micro plastic pieces for 3-D printers to produce custom tools or parts to fix a broken vehicle. The possibilities are infinite!