Hear from Professor Jim Collins of MIT how synthetic biology helped us detect and mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic and how it can help prevent future pandemics.

Hear from Professor Karmella Haynes, whose work focuses on using synthetic biology to fine tune approaches to epigenetic medicine. 

Hear from Tom Ellis, Professor of Synthetic Genome Engineering, in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London whose lab focuses on using synthetic biology to enable scalable production of Engineered Living Materials.

Hear from Professor Jim Haseloff, whose work has primarily focused on using synthetic biology to engineer plant growth, but during the pandemic he has focused his efforts on increasing global accessibility of low-cost instrumentation and access to diagnostics.

Hear Kate Creasey Krainer explain how the Grow More Foundation is bringing synthetic biology tools to developing countries to help end world hunger.

Listen as Claudia Vickers of CSIRO explains both her work engineering plant pathways within microbes to manufacture natural products and how Australia is focusing building synthetic biology.

Hear Todd Camenisch describe the COVID-19 surveillance testing program that he helped establish, which is guiding precaution and mitigation efforts at St. John Fisher College.

Hear vaccine expert Dr. Peter Hotez discuss his new book, his thoughts on the current COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine development and manufacturing, as well as democratizing vaccine distribution.

Hear Bas Oude Munnink of Erasmus MC in the Netherlands about the ongoing sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in the country and what it has revealed.

Hear scientists from the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and UCSF describe their work providing COVID-19 testing and genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 for California.

Hear Joshua Quick explain how the ARTIC Network’s protocol for sequencing SARS-CoV-2 is helping the world better understand the virus and its global spread.

Hear Naama Geva-Zatorsky explain how her lab is using LAMP technology to detect SARS-CoV-2 directly from saliva or UTM containing swab samples.

Hear from Feng Zhang, Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg about the STOPCovid initiative for point-of-care testing for COVID-19.

Hear from Brian Rabe of HMS about his work applying RT-LAMP to develop a fast SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic assay.

Hear from James Bevington about how he is applying synthetic biology to space studies and the potential of life on Mars.

Hear how to move your laboratory toward zero waste from experts in lab sustainability and recycling, lab plastic manufacturing and microplastics pollution.

Listen to members of the Genes in Space program as they talk about the program’s mission and its impact on young scientists.

Listen to Dr. Eva Nogales describe how cryo-electron microscopy addresses the challenge of visualizing macromolecular structures.

Hear from NEB Scientists Mehmet Berkman and Paul Riggs about the lessons that New England Biolabs has learned about protein expression and purification over the last 40 years.

Hear the UCL iGEM team’s Rupali Dabas interview her peers and professors about perceptions and misconceptions surrounding synthetic biology.

Hear how the first McGovern Fellows of MIT, Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg, are using gene editing technology for single molecule detection of RNA targets.

Hear about the current state of antibiotic stewardship from Passion in Science Award winner Nathan Schoepp, who has developed an assay to profile the susceptibility of infecting bacteria for point of care testing.

Hear from the founders of the STEM programs BioEYES, SciComNigeria, and Xenoplex STEM Center about how they are connecting students and community with science around the world.

Hear about the advances in medicine and environmental sustainability that synthetic biology is enabling, and how you can learn more about biological engineering.

Hear how Reforest The Tropics carbon offset reforestation projects in Costa Rica are helping U.S emitters offset their footprints.