What is plant biotechnology? How can it help us? What are we doing here at the University of Edinburgh to use plants and algae as green factories?

This is your chance to ask questions directly to Dr Alistair McCormick, a world-leader in engineering plants to enhance photosynthesis and algae to produce valuable products.

Submit your questions between 10:00 and 18:00 GMT on 6th October via twitter (@InstMolPlantSci) and Instagram (@imps.outreach), and get them answered.

This is an open, online event via Twitter and Instagram. As such it is open to all members of the public and other scientists. Schools can even submit questions to get their questions answered.