How to conquer the feather waste problem | Beti Vidmar | TEDxLjubljana

When we think of waste, we normaly don`t think about fethers. But keratine waste is a big problem in the food industry because it does not decompose easily. Current waste management of fether waste is most often limited to burning them or soaking them in chemicals. Microorganisms help us solve this problem much better. Beti has been passionate about the world of microorganisms since a very early age. She is a Young Researcher at the Microbiology and Microbe Biotechnology Department at the Biotechnical Faculty. Nowadays, Beti is working on her doctorate, researching the decomposition of keratin waste with microbes in the agro-industry. Beti is also very active at raising awareness about science and spreading the knowledge among people. She is a member of Science on the Street (Slo. Znanost na cesti) and has participated in several science slams, including the European Science Slam in which she represented Slovenia in September 2019. Beti's vision is to take projects from laboratory to practice, and is guided by a single idea: ""For those who are curious, the whole world is a laboratory. Beti je mlada raziskovalka na Katedri za mikrobiologijo in mikrobno biotehnologijo Biotehniške fakultete. Zase pravi, da jo je svet mikroorganizmov odnesel že zelo zgodaj. Danes pa, tekom doktorata, z mentorico doc. dr. Mašo Vodovnik in somentorico prof. dr. Romano Marinšek Logar prve v Sloveniji raziskujejo razgradnjo keratinskih odpadkov s pomočjo mikrobov v agroživilski industriji. Beti je zelo aktivna tudi pri ozaveščanju in širjenju znanosti med ljudmi. Je članica ekipe Znanost na cesti, sodelovala je pri večih znanstvenih slamih, med drugim tudi na evropskem znanstvenem slamu, kjer je septembra 2019 predstavljala Slovenijo. Njena vizija je vpeljati čim več projektov iz laboratorija v prakso, na tej poti pa jo vodi le ena misel: »Za radovedno glavo je ves svet laboratorij.« This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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