23 Apr 2022

Matt Baker: engineered mosquitoes and mutating mammals

From Saturday Morning, 11:35 am on 23 April 2022
Dr Matt Baker

Dr Matt Baker Photo: supplied / Steven Makari, UNSW Sydney

Sydney-based New Zealander Dr Matt Baker returns for a chat about some of the latest science news.

This week: what’s been learned from releasing genetically engineered mosquitoes in Florida; and how mutations across various mammal species reveal clues to how we age.

Dr Baker is the Scientia Research Fellow in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of New South Wales. 

Artist's impression of AB Aurigae b, which is estimated to be nine times more massive than Jupiter.

Artist's impression of AB Aurigae b, which is estimated to be nine times more massive than Jupiter. Photo: NASA