All Episodes

198. A Grain of Truth: Chef Pierre Thiam Scaled Fonio Without Losing Its Roots

197. What’s in Your Cart? A Grocery Store Walkthrough of Next-Gen Food Innovation

196. Beyond the Red Tape: Greg Jaffe on Policy as an Accelerator for Bio-Innovation

195. Because You’re Worth Biology: Olivier Rolland Talks Biotech at L’Oréal

194. Beauty Is in the AI of the Beholder: Debut’s Joshua Britton Turns Claims into Molecules

193. The Full Color Spectrum: Nick Milne Ferments One Pathway for Every Color at Octarine Bio

192. Reading Between the Dyes: Roya Aghighi Unlocks Biological Pigments at Lite-1

191. Beyond the Lab Bench: Karl & Erum on Human Connections as the Ultimate Biotech Moat

190. Pour Some Sugar on Yeast: Lisa Roessler Scales Biology at Amyris

189. Infinite Threads: Recycling Athleisure Waste with Samsara’s Vanessa Vongsouthi

188. Which Came First: Chicken, Egg, or Medicine? Neion Bio Turns Evolution into a Precision Factory

187. One Small Step for a Microbe: Lynn Rothschild’s Leap from Astrobiology to Bioengineering at NASA

186. N.Y. Tech Week Live Demo: Engineering the Future of Manufacturing with Roebling's Brentan Alexander

185. Brick Happens: Chris Maurer of Redhouse Studio Redesigns Remote Living for Earth and Mars

184. The Multiverse of Microbes: Henry Lee on Building Cultivarium and Training with Titans

183. The American Biotech Blueprint: Senator Todd Young on Biodiversity as National Security

182. SynBioBeta 2026 Recap, It's Biologist Approved

181. Can Hue Believe It? Gerit Tolborg’s Quest for Pure Color at Chromologics

180. Fungi in Full Color: Ricky Cassini Reimagines Dye at Michroma

179. D.C. Climate Week LIVE: The Road to Remake Everything

178. Pretty in Pigments: Jesse Adler Colors the Future with Pitri

177. Dye Another Day (REPLAY): The New Way to Color Textiles with Colorifix's Orr Yarkoni

176. Dare to Commercialize: Damien Perriman’s eXoZymes Playbook

175. Seaweed Is the New Oil: Mari Granström Builds Origin by Ocean

174. From Beer to Billions: Kevin Wenger Scales Microbes at Lallemand

173. They Put the Ore in Organisms: Liz Dennett’s Microbial Mining at Endolith

172. Generating Needles in Haystacks: Elise de Reus Designs Proteins with Cradle

171. Nature’s Balance Sheet: Kevin Webb Invests in Biodiversity with Superorganism

170. There's a Bug for That: Sophia Xu on CarbonBridge's Notebook Bioreactors

169. AI, Antivenom, and Antibodies: Previewing SynbioBeta with John Cumbers

168. Biomanufacturing 101: Rebuilding the Modern World with Biology

167. From Scrappy to Scalable: Daniel Scharff Grows Startup CPG

166. The Great Reformulation: Joshua Lachter Rethinks How We Make Everything at Scale

165. Biology Behind the Brands: Inside P&G’s Two-Century Story

164. From Plasmids to Pallets: How Erin Marasco Scales Biology at Cargill

163. Consulting the Crystal Ball of Biology: Karl & Erum's 2026 Predictions

162. New Year’s Replay with New Insights: Orchestrating BioInnovation Without Missing a Beat

161. (Holiday Replay) Leaf It to Science: How Foray Bioscience's Ashley Beckwith is Reforesting the Future

160. Sequins Without Sin: Santa Puts Cellsense's Aradhita Parasrampuria on the Nice List

159. The Future Is Fungi Awards: From Mushroom Dreams to Real-World Things

158. Mycelium On, Sound Off: How GOB's Lauryn Menard Makes Biomaterials Feel Like Culture

157. (Thanksgiving Replay) Meat the Future: How Paul Shapiro is Brewing Superfoods at Better Meat Co.

156. When Matter Makes Decisions: Michael Levin on the Intelligence of Form

155. Bad Hairdo to Good HairDAO: Andrew Verbinnen on Reversing Hairloss Through Decentralization

154. No Trees Were Harmed: Symmetry Wood's Gabe Tavas on Growing Wood from Waste

153. Ghosts of Biotech Past: Veronica Breckenridge’s Playbook for Smarter Scaling

152. Crystals in the Cosmos: Varda Rewrites Drug Formulation in Microgravity

151. Report on Reports: Cash Flow, Carbon, and the Bioeconomy

150. Live at BioFab Fair. Celebrating 150 Episodes!

149. Beyond Capital: Phil Morle of Main Sequence Ventures on Collaboration as the New Competitive Edge

148: Wrinkle in Time? OneSkin’s Alessandra Zonari Says Not Anymore

147: "Shhh…They’re Talking: Holoclara's Dr. Andrea Choe Tunes Into Worm Signals for Health”

146. Pump It Up: Benji Leibowitz on DAO-ing Science Differently

145: "Decentralized Science 101: Defining DeSci with the Experts"

144. Art Meets Agar: Karen Ingram Reimagines Biodesign

143. Sunscreen from Space? Delavie’s Kyle Landry Turns Space Microbes into Skincare

142. Petri Dishes & Policy Shifts: Capgemini’s Richard Traherne on Scaling Biology

141. Gut Check! Viome’s Momo & Guru Decode Your Inner Microbiome

140. Behind The Scenes with Karl and Erum

139. Cultivating a Culture of Cultures? Genspace's Casey Lardner on Community Biotech

138. Living Textures, Wild Pigments: Suzanne Lee on Nature’s New Aesthetic Toolbox

137. Hack to the Future: Shelby Newsad on Biohacking Breakthroughs

136. (Replay) DNA of Defense: Alexander Titus on How NSCEB is Advancing Biotech for National Security Challenges

135. Hormones Harmonized: Elle Shelley Black of Same Skincare on Syncing Skin to Life’s Rhythms

134. Bio-Logic in Living Designs: bioMATTERS’ Nancy Diniz on Crafting with Biology

133. Funding, Frameworks & Frenemies: Dr. Angela Belcher of NSCEB Gets Real on the $15B Biotech Boost Plan

132. Bond. Enzyme Bond. CurieCo's Erika Milczek on Replacing Chemicals with Biotech

131. Leaf It to Science: How Foray Bioscience's Ashley Beckwith is Reforesting the Future

130. SynBioBeta 2025 Recap: Hyperscale Biology

129. No Cells? No Problem! eXoZymes' Michael Heltzen on the Future of Microbe-Free Biotech

128. Replay of Synbiobeta 2024 Recap with Fresh Commentary

127. Chain Reaction: Orchestrating BioInnovation Without Missing a Beat – with MessagingLab’s Erum & Karl

126. Sizzling Success: Eben Bayer of MyForest Foods on Scaling Mycelium Magic

125. The Synbio Symphony: SynBioBeta’s John Cumbers Harmonizes Biology and Industry

124. Cell-ebrating Success: Ilan Sobel Blends Science and Strategy to Scale-up BioHarvest

123. From Gas to Glam: Molly Morse Discusses Mango Materials' Biodegradable Innovations

122. Ecohacking the Planet: Daniel Goodwin of Homeworld Collective Brews Up Planetary-Scale Solutions

121. Skin Deep: 'Peeling' Back the Layers of Skin Microbiome Diversity with Fjor's Natalie Enslow

120. Busting Biotech's Bottlenecks: Veronica Breckenridge on the Path to Industrial Scale

119: Bio-Reactor or Bio-Rocket? Scaling Up with Arsenale Bio's Massimo Portincaso

118. Smells Like Biotech Spirit: Bob Weinstein on the Flavors & Fragrances Industry’s Bio-Revolution

117. From Lab Coats to CEO Notes: BioLabs' Glennis Mehra on Biotech Business in NYC

116. Cell Yeah for Space!: Pioneer Labs' Erika DeBenedictis on Engineering Life for Mars

115. Gene-ius at Work: George Church on Climate Hacks & CRISPR Stacks – A Homeworld Collective Interview

114. BioMADE in America: Crafting the Future of Biomanufacturing with CEO Doug Friedman

113. Microbe Mission Possible: Noah Helman Discusses iMicrobes' Quest to Turn Waste into Wealth

112. The Baked-In Future of Science: Nick Edwards on Potato AI’s Quest to Become Your AI Scientist

111. Space Genes and Subway Scenes: Chris Mason on Planning Life’s Next Big Leap

110. Culture Shock: What's Brewing for the Bioeconomy in 2025

109. Long Live Vitalia: The City Where Aging Slows and Innovation Accelerates With Niklas Anzinger

108. Sequence and Desist: Aclid's Kevin Flyangolts On Safeguarding the Bioeconomy

107. Glow Big or Go Home: Andy Bass's Journey with Glowing Oceans

106. Ferment Your Worldview: Jason Kakoyiannis' Recipe for a Bioeconomy Boom

105. Revisiting Animal Microbiome Health with BiomEdit’s Aaron Schacht – Fresh Commentary

104. Unseen Worlds: Exploring Environmental Microbiomes and Their Secrets of Human and Climate Impact with Dr. Elizabeth Henaff

103. DNA of Defense: Alexander Titus on How NSCEB is Advancing Biotech for National Security Challenges

102. Waste into WOW! Cemvita's Moji Karimi on Turning Carbon Problems into Golden Opportunities

101. Biotech's Glow Up: How Estée Lauder is Leveling Up Skincare with Rocky Graziose

100. The Genspace Genesis: How Bio Design Connects People and the Planet with Dan Grushkin

99. Petri Dish to Podcast: How 100 Episodes Helped Us Grow (and Evolve)

98. Gotta Get Them All: bitBiome's Quest to Decode All Microbes with Yuji Suzuki

97. Biohacking 101: Hacking Your Way to Superhuman Performance and Living Longer

96. Brewing Medicines with Synthetic Biology: Antheia's Christina Smolke on Ending Drug Shortages

95. Fear, Facts and Frustration: Christina Agapakis on Why Scientists Need to Speak Up

94. Gaming the System: NVIDIA's Vega Shah on Accelerating Biotech Breakthroughs

93. Houston, We Have a Protocol: NASA's Kate Rubins on Biotech in Space

92. Replay: From Fungi to Fun-guy: Eben Bayer Scales Mycelium Again with Bacon at My Forest Foods

91. Cells Sell: Your Company Can't Ignore Biotech

90. Flipping the Light Switch on Cells: Deniz Kent of Prolific Machines

89. Grow Everything Live! A Spotlight on Scaling Biology with Ginger Dosier of Biomason and BIOME Consortia

88. Daring Dreams and Deep Tech: The Bison Ventures Blueprint for Big Wins with Ari Wright

87. From Fossil Fuels to Future Foods: Australia's Brilliant Bioeconomic Makeover with GW3's Kylie Porter

86. Networking Natural Selection 2.0: Next Level Biotech Networking with Karl & Erum

85. Always Be Brewing: Continuous Fermentation with Cauldron's Michele Stansfield

84. 4th of July Replay: The Biomanufacturing Cloud with Synonym's Edward Shenderovich * New Commentary *

83. Bottoms Up: Microbe Mixology with Zbiotics' Zack Abbott

82. Future Sci is DeSci: SVN's Michael Fischer on Memefying Science Breakthroughs

81. Microalgae Marvels: Checkerspot’s Charles Dimmler’s Super Oil for Skis, Skin and Supper

80. Future Fun: A 2054 Episode Beamed to 2024

79. Decentralize and Thrive: AthenaDAO’s Blockchain Boosts Women's Health with Laura Minquini.

78. From Petri to Pillar: Culturing Entrepreneurship with Tony Kulesa

77. AI x Biotech, Psychedelics, Mars and more at Synbiobeta 2024!!

76. Not Boring Century of Biotech with Elliot Hershberg

75. Dye Another Day: The New Way to Color Textiles with Colorifix's Orr Yarkoni

74. Culturing Cures: Murali Muthuswamy’s Revolution in Living Medicines

73. At the Bleeding Edge: Cresilon's Joe Landolina on Rapid Wound Care

72. Zero Gravity, Infinite Possibilities: New Biologies in Space with Elizabeth Reynolds of Starburst Aerospace

71. Squid Pro Quo: Tandem Repeat's Melik Demirel Reinvents Clothing with Squitex

70. Networking Natural Selection: Adapting and Thriving in the Biotech Ecosystem with Erum and Karl

69. Stress Less and Impress: Matereal's Jackie Amable Announces Million-Fold Safer Textile Coating

68. Sowing Seeds of Change: ValleyDAO's Albert Anis Cultivates Climate Solutions

67. Plastic Eaters & Turbo Trees: Synbio & Climate Conversations with Tara Shirvani

66. From Waste to Wardrobe: Tomtex's Ross McBee on Spinning Sustainability into Style

65. Scaling Cells, Dreaming Big: The Biomanufacturing Cloud with Synonym’s Edward Shenderovich

64. Swaying Away from Plastics: Julia Marsh's Seaweed Solutions

63. From Silicon to Sequences: DNA Data Storage with DNALI's Kyle Tomek

62. Microbes, Memes and Missions to Mars: John Cumbers' Wild Synbio World

61. Living in a Material World: Karl at Biofabricate 2024

60. Edible Air Fare: Solar Foods' Unique Microbe Turns CO2 into Protein

59. Cementing Change: How Ginger Dosier's Biomason is Paving a Greener Path

58. Beyond Outsourcing: Erum Discovers India's Not Just Playing Lab Assistant

57. Climatech is Biotech. Kristin Ellis of Lowercarbon Capital Replay

56. Sowing Seeds, Germinating Biotech Buzz: Grow Everything is One Year Old

55. Nature Healing Nature -- Faster. Allonnia's Nicole Richards Replay

54. Money, Molecules, and Mind-Benders: Seth Yakatan Returns, Nuff Said

53. From Microbes to Mega Ventures: 'Brewing Success with 2048 Ventures' Julie Wolf

52. Thanksgiving Replay: Orbillion’s Better For You Beef

51. Cell-Free, Problem-Free: Enzyme Alchemy with Alex Rosay at Cascade Biocatalysts

50. The Dye-Hard Innovator: Natsai Chieza Designs Change for the Fashion Industry and the World

49. From Edibles to Medicals: Jellatech’s Stephanie Michelsen Uncovers the Multiple Uses of Collagen & Gelatin

48. Belly of the Beast: How BiomEdit's Aaron Schacht Cashes in on Animal Microbiomes for Health & Profit.

47. Berry Controversial: A Candid Chat with Kevin Folta on Science and Scandal

46. Meat the Future: How Paul Shapiro is Brewing Superfoods at Better Meat Co.

45. Insuring Your Lunch: Aanika’s Vishaal Bhuyan Cracks the Microbial Code of Food Security

44. Spec-Tacular Science: A Chat with Michael Specter on Denying Denialism

43. Emission Impossible: Lanzatech’s Zara Summers on Converting Carbon into Cash

42. An Algae-nius Solution to Big Textile with Keel Lab’s Tessa Callaghan

41. From Spinal Taps To Cellular Apps: Programming Life With Mark Kotter

40. Moon Landings, Forever Chemicals, and Hogfish Skin: Erum & Karl’s Labor Day Bio Bonanza!

39. From Microbe to Unicorn: IndieBio's Sabriya Stukes on the Journey of Biotech Startups

38. Back From The Dead And Ready To Party: Passenger Pigeons, De-extinction, & Cloning with Revive & Restore's Ben Novak

37. Biotech Business Stories, Dangerous Giveaways, and Cultivated Meat with Karl and Erum

36. Pearl of Wisdom: Shaping Genomic Therapies & Community Research with Dr. Jocelynn Pearl

35. Unlocking the Gene-ius of AI-Powered Biology: Teselagen's Eduardo Abeliuk

34. Bugging Out with Josh Robinson: Cocoon Biosciences Metamorphic Journey

33. Purple Reign, A Purple Tomato with a Genetic Twist, Nathan Pumplin of Norfolk Healthy Produce

32. 4th of July Replay: Sweet Dreams with Ali Wing *NEW COMMENTARY*

31. No Bones About It: Brewing Human and Vegan Collagens with Geltor's Alex Lorestani

30. Breaking into Biotech: Linnea Fletcher's Inclusive Education and Workforce Upskilling at InnovATEBIO

29. Gut Check with Stephanie Culler: Persephone’s Quest for Microbiome Breakthroughs

28. Genetic Dreams to Underground Regimes: Andrew Hessel Takes on Digital and Physical Biology

27. Charting the Unexplored Microverse for Biological Gold with CULTIVARIUM’s Nili Ostrov

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26. Breaking Bad Hair Habits with Biology: Suveen Sahib's K18 Rescues Your Strands

25. From Lab to Table: Meat Orbillion's Better-For-You Beef

24. From Fungi to Fun-guy: Eben Bayer Scales Mycelium Again with Bacon at My Forest Foods

23. Biology is Hard. Bioconcrete is Harder. Prometheus Materials' Loren Burnett

22. Sweet Dreams Are Made of Proteins: Oobli's Ali Wing

21. The Venn Diagram of Climate and Biology is a Circle: Kristin Ellis of Lowercarbon Capital

20. The Butterfly Effect: Sustainable High-Performance Materials from Micro-Algae

19. Fashion Forward: PANGAIA, a Material Science Company Disguised as Fashion Brand

18. Kombucha Leather, Spider Silk and Space with Biofabricate's Suzanne Lee

17. Beauty and the Biome with Jasmina Aganovic of Arcaea

16. Getting Schooled with BioBuilder

15. Meet the Willy Wonka of Algae. Elliot Roth.

14. Cannabis & Biotech. Nuff Said.

13. Waste Is A Failure of Imagination. Meet Nicole Richards of Allonia

12. Oral Microbes, New Religion and a Galactic Takeover. Introducing John Cumbers.

11. Putting Money Where Your Microbe Is. Investing in Biotech

10. Season One Done. What You Missed and What's Next

9. The 1000-Foot View: Where Synbio Is and Where it Could Be

8. Biology For All: How Genspace Grows the Bioeconomy

7. Waste is the New Gold: How Polybion Grows Luxury Biomaterials Part 2

6. Waste is the New Gold: How Polybion Grows Luxury Biomaterials Part 1

5. Dreaming in Biology: Tales from the Ginkgo Bioworks Studio

4. Insuring Food Safety? Yes! With DNA Barcodes in SPORES!

3. Saving Rainforests By Brewing Fats And Oils

2. The Biotech Century with Megan Palmer

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