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Welcome to the NEB® Podcast Series, Lessons from Lab & Life™

NEB_podcast_icon_White The NEB podcast series, Lessons from Lab & Life, is dedicated to sharing helpful life lessons from successful scientists. From an overview of cutting edge research to finding sources of inspiration, our podcasts can be enjoyed by 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..

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NEB Podcast Episode #10 -
Interview with Scott Chimileski: Microbes are Everywhere!

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Posted: Thursday, November 29, 2018

Duration: 22:53 min

Featuring: Scott Chimileski, Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School & Lydia Morrison, NEB Marketing Communications Writer & Podcast Host

Scott Chimileski is a Postdoc at Harvard Medical School, a photographer and 2016 Passion in Science Awards™ winner. Hear how Scott’s science mentor selection and careful planning have led to early career success studying microbes and sharing his work through art.

NEB Podcast Episode #9 -
Interview with Bill Jack: The History and Impact of Molecular Cloning

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Posted: Friday, October 26, 2018

Duration: 17:46 min

Featuring: Bill Jack, Senior Scientist, New England Biolabs & Lydia Morrison, NEB Marketing Communications Writer & Podcast Host

Bill Jack is a senior scientists at NEB, and has been in the cloning field for more than 35 years. He describes the history of molecular cloning and how it impacts science and medicine today.

NEB Podcast Episode #8 -
Interview with Tom Knight: The Future of Synthetic Biology

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Posted: Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Duration: 26:11 min

Featuring: Tom Knight, co-Founder of Ginkgo Bioworks & Lydia Morrison, NEB Marketing Communications Writer & Podcast Host

Tom Knight was among the first designers of bitmap displays and ITS operating systems. Then, he decided to apply what he knew about electrical engineering and computer science to biology, and he became known as the ‘Godfather of Synthetic Biology.’ Tom is one of the co-founders of Ginkgo Bioworks, a synthetic biology company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, developing new organisms that replace technology with biology.

NEB Podcast Episode #7 -
Interview with Greg Patton: PCR in Food Safety Testing and Point of Care Diagnostics

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Posted: Monday, August 27, 2018

Duration: 21:31 min

Featuring: Gregory Patton, Development Scientist III, New England Biolabs & Lydia Morrison, NEB Marketing Communications Writer & Podcast Host

Greg Patton is a development scientist at NEB, who routinely uses PCR in the lab. He explains how PCR is currently being used outside the lab to monitor food safety, and in doctor’s offices to test for HIV infection and much more.

NEB Podcast Episode #6 -
Interview with Aaron Pomerantz: Where do butterflies get their color?

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Posted: Monday, July 30, 2018

Duration: 16:41 min

Featuring: Aaron Pomerantz, Ph.D. candidate, Integrative Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley & Lydia Morrison, NEB Marketing Communications Writer & Podcast Host

Aaron Pomerantz shares the creative way he has combined his interest in entomology and field research with his passion for self-made discoveries, in the Integrative Biology department at UC Berkeley.

NEB Podcast Episode #5 -
Interview with Tom Evans: NEB’s Life Science Research Goals

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Posted: Friday, June 29, 2018

Duration: 13:20 min

Featuring: Tom Evans, Ph.D., Executive Director of Research at New England Biolabs (NEB) & Lydia Morrison, NEB Marketing Communications Writer & Podcast Host

Tom Evans, Executive Director of Research, explains the somewhat unorthodox goals of the research department at NEB, where scientists focus on publication-worthy findings in an academically modeled department that supports the development of NEB reagents for molecular biology applications.

NEB Podcast Episode #4 -
Interview with Sabah Ul-Hasan: What does symbiosis in science mean?

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Posted: Sunday, March 25, 2018

Duration: 17:52 min

Featuring: Sabah Ul-Hasan, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Merced, CA & Lydia Morrison, NEB Marketing Communications Writer & Podcast Host

Sabah Ul-Hasan is the co-founder of the Biota Project, a science outreach organization dedicated to celebrating communities and connecting them to the science and nature they are surrounded by. The goal of the project is to promote mutual understanding and appreciation, or symbiosis, through the production of educational videos.

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Lydia Morrison
NEB Marketing Communications Writer

Lydia is a scientist by training and a communicator by nature, and has a knack for asking one too many questions.

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