{"id":153,"date":"2016-05-19T09:01:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T08:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/research-marketing\/?p=153"},"modified":"2017-11-01T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:00:48","slug":"name-checked-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/knowledge-exchange-and-research-impact\/2016\/05\/19\/name-checked-on-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Name-checked on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s often hard to know in advance of its release just how far and wide a news story about our research will travel.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In December, when my colleague Rob sat down with Chris Chuck<\/a> (Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies<\/a> and Department of Chemical Engineering<\/a>) to discuss this story<\/a> about news of significant new funding to develop a yeast-based alternative to palm oil, neither \u2013 I imagine \u2013 would have predicted that six months on this work would be referenced on a hit, prime-time US TV show.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s just what\u2019s happened.<\/p>\n

Via a tweet from former CSCT PhD Rhod Jenkins<\/a>, we were alerted this week to a recent episode of Grace and Frankie<\/em><\/a> - the America comedy drama starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin currently streaming on Netflix \u2013 and a specific scene where the character Frankie, the hippy art teacher played by Tomlin, quite incredibly, talks directly about Chris\u2019 work.<\/p>\n

Frankie\u00a0tells Grace:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe word is yeast. I\u2019ve done some research and I\u2019ve found that scientists at the University of Bath believe yeast will duplicate palm oil\u2019s key properties almost exactly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Just watching @Netflix<\/a>'s @GraceandFrankie<\/a> & came across this scene. Those scientists are my old group, @ChuckGroup<\/a>! pic.twitter.com\/lOD9D2MpoY<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rhod Jenkins (@rhodrij) May 17, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n