# Science Fun: From the "reuse" to the grow rooms
Welcome to La science s’aMuse, the science program co-produced by UM and Divergence-FM, which takes you on a cruise through the Muse laboratory archipelago. This week, Julie Mendret fromthe European Membrane Institute talks to us about wastewater reuse, and Benjamin Perret from BPMP opens the doors to his culture chambers.
I won't hide the fact that the week got off to a very bad start here. It was to be expected, but there you go! By drawing on our reserves without anticipating the future, we found ourselves without a single drop of water on board. Panic among the passengers, anger among the crew—in short, we came close to mutiny! And if we got through it this time, it's thanks to the presence in our ranks of specialists in "reuse," in other words, the reuse of wastewater. This is a response to the challenges of climate change, which could help alleviate tensions over water resources thanks to the many quantitative and qualitative advantages that reuse offers in limiting water consumption. Our guest today is Julie Mendret, a researcher atthe European Institute of Membranes (IEM), whose work reminds us that, in the face of the looming global water shortage, we are all in the same boat.
In the second part of the program, our report "In the Engine Room" will take us to the Laboratory of Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology (BPMP). Benjamin Péret, research director at the CNRS, will show us the culture chambers where he observes the strange roots of lupins. Finally, Amrin will join us for his special start-up column, and we'll talk about quinoa.
Science is fun, you've got the ticket, let's go!
Production: University of Montpellier/Divergence-FM
Host: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Interview: Aline Périault/Lucie Lecherbonnier
Reporting and editing: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Production: Adeline Flo’ch
Listen to the program “A LUM LA SCIENCE” on Divergence FM 93.9
