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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 #79 -
Interview with Nitya Johar: The impact of Genes in Space

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Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Duration: 16:20

Featuring: Nitya Johar, Skyline High School, Sammamish, WA; Marissa Morales, Ph.D. Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ally Huang, Ph.D., Lead Research Scientist, MiniPCR bio

2025 Genes in Space contest winner Nitya Johar explains the experiment she will be sending to the International Space Station. 

Podcast #78 -
Interview with Dr. Craig Martin: Improving RNA production efficiency and quality

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Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Duration: 26:14

Featuring: Craig Martin, Ph.D., President and CSO, Waterfall Scientific, Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Dr. Craig Martin describes the duo tether system created by his lab, which improves RNA production efficiency and quality. 

Podcast #77 -
Interview with Dr. Bill Jack: Lessons from Lab & Life at NEB

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Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Duration: 38:05

Featuring: Bill Jack, Ph.D., New England Biolabs retiree

Dr. Bill Jack Please shares lessons from his life and time in the lab at New England Biolabs over the last 40 years.

Podcast #76 -
Interview with Eric Dinerstein: Understanding and preventing future mass extinction events

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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Duration: 37:43

Featuring: Eric Dinerstein, Ph.D., Chief Scientist and Senior Conservation Counsel, Conservation X Labs

Conservation X Labs Chief Scientist joins us to talk about how we can prevent a sixth mass extinction event on our planet.

Podcast #75 -
Interview with Osa Conservation: Protecting habitats and rebuilding migratory corridors in Costa Rica

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Posted: Thursday, January 29, 2026

Duration: 17:00

Featuring: Andrew Whitworth, Ph.D., Executive Director, Osa Conservation ; Eleanor Flatt, Director of Conservation Campus, Osa Conservation

Osa Conservation Executive Director and Director of the Conservation Campus join us to share the wonder of the biological diversity in Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. 

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. 

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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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