The New England Biolabs Podcast: Lessons from Lab and Life

The New England Biolabs podcast series, Lessons from Lab and Life, is dedicated to sharing helpful life lessons from successful scientists. From an overview of cutting edge research to finding sources of inspiration, our podcast is for science enthusiasts that like to ponder “what it all means”. Listen as leading researchers draw lessons from where scientific concepts (and misconceptions) have come from, where they are now, and where they are headed in the not-too-distant future. If you’ve got 20 minutes, we’ve got a story that just might interest you. Hosted by Lydia Morrison.

DNA Cleanup 101
May 19, 2025 – 14:32
Interview with Dr. Anne Madden: A Microbial World of Possibilities
Apr 17, 2025 – 23:58
Interview with Dr. Rita Colwell: A lifetime in science
Mar 26, 2025 – 27:33
Interview with Dr. Ben Kleinstiver: Genome editing and healthcare
Mar 5, 2025 – 24:54
Interview with Passion in Science Winners 2024: Arts and Creativity Awardees
Jan 27, 2025 – 21:52
Episode 64: Interview with Nathan Tanner: Enzymes for Innovation
Dec 19, 2024 – 12:54
Episode 63: Interview with Sophie Vaud: Environmentally-friendly Textile Dyeing
Nov 18, 2024 – 18:47
Episode 62: Interview with Dr. James Lee: Understanding inflammatory bowel disease
Oct 1, 2024 – 17:37
Episode 61: Interview with Claudia Gonzaga-Jauregui: Molecular Diagnostic and Precision Medicine access in Mexico and Latin America
Jul 23, 2024 – 22:45
Episode 60: Interview with Shelly Xie: The importance of art in healthcare
May 14, 2024 – 14:14
Episode 59: Molecular Cloning Series: NEBuilder 101
Mar 20, 2024 – 13:51
Episode 58: Interview with Jo Handelsman: Microbial Communities and Expanding Diversity in Science
Feb 8, 2024 – 24:44
Episode 57: Interview with Genes in Space: 2023 Winner Isabel Jiang
Jan 9, 2024 – 11:38
Episode 56: Molecular Cloning Series: Restriction Enzymes 101
Nov 9, 2023 – 22:45
Episode 55: Molecular Cloning Series: Golden Gate Assembly 101
Aug 31, 2023 – 13:44
Episode 54: Molecular Cloning Series: Mutagenesis 101
Jul 26, 2023 – 11:17
Episode 53: Interview with Genes in Space: Student designed experiments launch into space
Jul 14, 2023 – 16:42
Episode 52: Interview with Abdul Sesay: How COVID-19 brought diagnostic access to The Gambia
Jun 2, 2023 – 22:35
Episode 51: Interview with Brad Langhorst: How bioinformatics informs sequencing
Feb 24, 2023 – 17:32
Episode 50: Interview with Dr. Charlotte Houldcroft: Sequencing Double stranded DNA Viruses
Jan 27, 2023 – 20:32
Episode 49: Interview with Mihir Kekre: Antimicrobial Resistance and Pathogen Surveillance
Dec 1, 2022 – 27:51
Episode 48: Interview with Orley 'Chip' Taylor: Understanding the Monarch Butterfly
Oct 27, 2022 – 29:50
Episode 47: Interview with Jessie Stickgold-Sarah: Teaching science communication
Sep 21, 2022 – 27:29
Episode 46: Interview with Susan Aitken: Building a CLIA lab during a pandemic
Aug 4, 2022 – 17:28
Episode 45: Interview with Anu Rebbapragada: Building a Diagnostics Company During a Pandemic
Jul 7, 2022 – 28:53
Episode 44: Interview with Nídia Trovão: Understanding Infectious Diseases
May 20, 2022 – 25:07
Episode 43: Interview with Greg Powell: Carbon Capture Through Reforestation
Apr 20, 2022 – 15:31
Episode 42: Women in Science: Bijoyita Roy
Mar 22, 2022 – 10:19
Episode 41: Women in Science: Eileen Dimalanta
Mar 22, 2022 – 09:21
Episode 40: Women in Science: Tilde Carlow
Mar 22, 2022 – 08:05
Episode 39: Interview with Neville Sanjana: Using chemically modified RNAs to guide CRISPR/Cas13
Jan 26, 2022 – 35:24
Episode 38: Interview with Jim Collins: Synthetic Biology's role in pandemic detection and prevention
Dec 2, 2021 – 24:16
Episode 37: Interview with Karmella Haynes: Synthetic Biology and the future of epigenetic medicine
Oct 21, 2021 – 20:27
Episode 36: Interview with Professor Tom Ellis: Using synthetic biology to scale Engineered Living Materials
Sep 23, 2021 – 27:37
Episode 35: Interview with Jim Haseloff: From Plant Growth to Accessibility of Instrumentation
Jul 16, 2021 – 25:31
Episode 34: Interview with Kate Creasey Krainer: Enabling Global Agricultural Growth
Jun 22, 2021 – 23:02
Episode 33: Interview with Claudia Vickers: Growing Synthetic Biology in Australia
May 19, 2021 – 19:10
Episode 32: COVID-19 Researcher Spotlight: Interview with Todd Camenisch
Mar 25, 2021 – 20:22
Episode 31: COVID-19 Researcher Spotlight: Interview with Peter Hotez
Feb 25, 2021 – 35:03
Episode 30: COVID-19 Researcher Spotlight: Interview with Bas Oude Munnink
Feb 10, 2021 – 13:56
Episode 29: COVID-19 Research Spotlight: Interview with UCSF and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Scientists
Feb 8, 2021 – 26:41
Episode 28: COVID-19 Researcher Spotlight: Interview with Joshua Quick
Feb 8, 2021 – 21:24
Episode 27: COVID-19 Researcher Spotlight: Interview with Naama Geva-Zatorsky
Feb 8, 2021 – 19:03
Episode 26: COVID-19 Researcher Spotlight: Interview with the developers of STOPCovid
Feb 5, 2021 – 19:44
Episode 25: COVID-19 Researcher Spotlight: Interview with Brian Rabe
Feb 5, 2021 – 19:18
Episode 24: Interview with James Bevington: Sending Science to Space
Feb 5, 2021 – 20:46
Episode 23: Zero Out Lab Waste - Panel Discussion
Feb 5, 2021 – 31:42
Episode 22: Interview with Genes in Space: High School Science Performed on the Space Station
Feb 5, 2021 – 09:48
Podcast 21: Interview with Eva Nogales: How Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Informs Molecular Biology
Feb 5, 2021 – 31:57
Podcast 20: Interview with NEB Scientists: The Evolution of Overexpression and Protein Purification
Feb 5, 2021 – 23:07