Temple faculty completed an interdisciplinary research project to encode an ancient Buddhist text in DNA and deposit it in miniature 3D-printed stupas. Here, Bingenheimer is pictured with Venerable Huimin, abbot of Seeland Monastery.
Courtesy of Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts
Associate Professor of Religion Marcus Bingenheimer, a Buddhist studies scholar, has been exploring a new way to preserve ancient writings: DNA.