{"id":4153,"date":"2022-08-16T19:01:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=4153"},"modified":"2025-02-06T13:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:56:01","slug":"dr-milton-muldrow-jr-collaborates-with-wondrium-to-explain-the-science-of-synthetic-biology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/16\/dr-milton-muldrow-jr-collaborates-with-wondrium-to-explain-the-science-of-synthetic-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Milton Muldrow Jr. Collaborates with Wondrium to Explain the Science of Synthetic Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column4153_d79395-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column4153_d79395-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column4153_d79395-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column4153_d79395-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column4153_d79395-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column4153_d79395-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column4153_d79395-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column4153_d79395-3b{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column4153_d79395-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column4153_d79395-3b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column4153_d79395-3b dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>The rapidly evolving field of synthetic biology is revolutionizing life on earth. In a new video-based course, Wilmington University\u2019s Dr. Milton Muldrow is teaching a worldwide audience how the science works and where it\u2019s heading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Muldrow, WilmU\u2019s director of natural science programs, developed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wondrium.com\/synthetic-biology-life-s-extraordinary-new-worlds\">Synthetic Biology: Life\u2019s Extraordinary New Worlds<\/a>\u201d for Wondrium (formerly known as The Great Courses), an educational video-on-demand service, as well as for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Synthetic-Biology-Lifes-Extraordinary-New-Worlds-Audiobook\/B0B99NKXQM?ref=a_ep_the-gr_c12_product_1_1&amp;pf_rd_p=57adb716-ef79-491b-843e-09b62762c923&amp;pf_rd_r=F8NB882E5QCBQNB9RVC2\">Amazon\u2019s Audible<\/a>&nbsp;audiobook service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years in the making, the nine-hour, 18-episode course \u201cwas one of the toughest things I\u2019ve ever done,\u201d says Dr. Muldrow. \u201cIt was new, it was exciting, it was a challenge, and it was a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The service\u2019s recruiters contacted him after viewing one of his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0dgQwmvBM2w\">TEDx talks<\/a>&nbsp;online. The production of an introductory episode and market research on its potential appeal to viewers followed, as did Dr. Muldrow\u2019s drafting of lesson plans for the series. \u201cThat document was as long as my dissertation,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then spent a \u201cgrueling\u201d week at the service\u2019s studios in northern Virginia to record four or five of the lessons each day. \u201cTeaching in front of a camera is completely different from teaching in front of a class,\u201d says Dr. Muldrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His academic colleagues had no doubt about his ability to deliver results, though. \u201cDr. Muldrow leverages his expertise and passion for natural sciences to develop innovative, engaging, and practical learning experiences for students,\u201d says Dr. Aaron Sebach, dean of WilmU\u2019s College of Health Professions and Natural Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Synthetic biology combines and channels advances in genetic engineering, biotechnology, molecular biology, computer science, and evolutionary biology, among other scientific subspecialties, to redesign or create aspects of nature. Medicine, manufacturing, and agriculture have already benefited from these innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSynthetic biology is going to influence many fields of human life,\u201d says Dr. Muldrow. \u201cIt already has: what we eat, what we wear, the materials all around us. My hope is that people will learn about how and why that is happening, and what it can mean to our changing world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about WilmU\u2019s natural science degree programs by exploring our:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/artsandsciences\/biology.aspx\">B.S. in Biology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/artsandsciences\/environmental-science-policy.aspx\">B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/artsandsciences\/environmental-science-master.aspx\">M.S. in Environmental Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rapidly evolving field of synthetic biology is revolutionizing life on earth. 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