After a chance meeting with Professor Maria Mercedes Roca at Stanford University, in June 2013 I was invited to co-teach a week long Synthetic Biology class on the design and testing of a copper biosensor in E.coli at Zamorano University (Panamerican Agricultural University, Zamorano) in Honduras . The project was very appropriate to Honduras since several of their lakes are contaminated with copper runoff from fields due to the use of pesticides to fight coffee rust. We all shared an amazing experience and learned a lot from each other.
