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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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Podcast #74 -
Interview with mRNA vaccine developers: Collaboration was key to the COVID vaccines

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Posted: Thursday, December 4, 2025

Duration: 27:13

Featuring: Cynthia Ziwawo, MD, Radiology Resident, George Washington University; Geoff Hutchinson, PhD Candidate, Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Institute for Protein Design; Olubukola Abiona, MD-PhD Student, NIH-Oxford PhD Scholar

Hear from three incredible young scientists whose collaborative work was foundational to the development of the COVID vaccine.

Podcast #73 -
Interview with Vladimir Potapov: The NEBridge Ligase Fidelity Tool

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Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Duration: 14:19

Featuring: Vladimir Potapov, Ph.D., Bioinformatics Scientist, New England Biolabs, Inc.

Vladimir Potapov, a Bioinformaticist at NEB, talks about the open access NEBridge Ligase Fidelity Toolset. 

Podcast #72 -
Interview with Samuel Ogunsola: Celebrating African Women in STEM

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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2025

Duration: 18:55

Featuring: Samuel Olarewaju Ogunsola, Ph.D. candidate, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Samuel Ogunsola, co-founder of Shaping African Women in STEM, shares what inspired him to launch the program and how it has grown. 

Podcast #71 -
Interview with Dr. Adewunmi Akingbola: Combating Hepatitis B in Nigeria

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Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2025

Duration: 24:53

Featuring: Adewunmi Akingbola, M.D., Founder of HealthDrive Nigeria

In this podcast, hear from Dr. Adewunmi Akingbola, founder of HealthDrive Nigeria, which combats viral hepatitis in underserved Nigerian communities through increasing awareness, screening and treatment.

Podcast #70 -
Interview with Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi: Nobel Laureate and Serial Entrepreneur

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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Duration: 40:26

Featuring: Carolyn Bertozzi, Ph.D., Baker Family Director of Sarafan ChEM-H, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Radiology, Stanford University

In this podcast, hear from Nobel Laureate Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, whose impact in the field of glycosylation has been profound.

Podcast #69 -
Interview with NEB Scientists: DNA Cleanup 101

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Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Duration: 14:32

Featuring: Jack Martz, Technical Support Scientist, New England Biolabs & Heejin Kim, Ph.D., Development Scientist, New England Biolabs

In this podcast, NEB scientists talk about available DNA Cleanup methods, and how to choose the method that is right for your work.

Podcast #68 -
Interview with Dr. Anne Madden: A Microbial World of Possibilities

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Posted: Monday, April 14, 2025

Duration: 23:58

Featuring: Anne Madden, Ph.D., Founder of The Microbe Institute

In this podcast, Dr. Anne Madden, founder of the Microbe Institute, shares why understanding microbes is important and why she is compelled to educate others.

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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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