Reinhard Heckel About DNA as a Storage Medium

SWR Article

For the 75th anniversary of the German Constitution, researchers from TUM and ETH Zurich stored the Basic Law as a DNA sequence and mixed it with ink. Our PI Reinhard Heckel was also part of this team and talks about the project and DNA as a storage medium in this short feature by Südwestrundfunk (SWR).

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Reinhard Heckel About DNA as a Storage Medium

SWR Article

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