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Biology is a Burrito Making the Modern Laboratory Issue 02: Technology Issue 01: Origins

Asimov Press

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We publish two interview shows. On Ex Ante, we talk with the people behind biotechnology’s breakthroughs — those who made them, and those who were in the room when they happened. On The New Biology, we talk with the people building what comes next.

The New Biology Episode 03

How to Engineer Flowers

With Nick Desnoyer

A plant biologist in England is using genetic engineering, breeding, and pathogens to design and create flowers that exist nowhere else on Earth.

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The New Biology Episode 02

How to Terraform Mars

With Erika DeBenedictis

Pioneer Labs has made its first microbe capable of growing in simulated Martian soil and making building materials.

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The New Biology Episode 01

"SpudCell will replicate continuously by 2030"

With Kate Adamala

Kate Adamala joins The New Biology to discuss SpudCell and the prospect of continuous replication by 2030.

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