{"id":229,"date":"2024-04-24T18:25:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T18:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/?p=229"},"modified":"2024-04-26T19:32:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T19:32:58","slug":"fungi-fusion-tackles-plastic-degradation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/blog\/2024\/04\/24\/fungi-fusion-tackles-plastic-degradation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fungi Fusion tackles plastic degradation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>This semester, the Carter lab hosted four students from the Charlotte Early Engineering College as they worked on a mock start-up. They worked in the lab culturing various common fungi on plastic and media to investigate plastic degradation. Congrats to Nathan, Sidney, Max, and Kylie on a winning presentation at their Senior Expo showing off their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fungifusion.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fungifusion.org\/\">Fungi Fusion<\/a> prototype!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2024\/04\/IMG_6232.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/carterlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1315\/2024\/04\/IMG_6232-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Four students in red tops, black pants, and black baseball caps stand in front of a table with various mushrooms and contraptions. 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