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On this episode, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena interviews Chloe Fishman, the first author of a great story on a new and versatile tool using recombitrons for bacteriophage gene editing. Join us as Cláudia and Chloe touch bases on the advantages of this tool over existing methods, discuss the relevance of phage therapy on the fight against antimicrobial resistance and share their thoughts on the crucial role mentorship plays in empowering early career researchers. If you are interested in phage therapy and astrobiology, then this episode is for you!

On this episode, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena interviews Nicoletta Cieri, the first author of a great story on how a devised analytic framework can aid the prevention of post-transplant disease recurrence.Join us as Nicoletta and Cláudia explore the highlights of the story, discuss the future of individualized medicine and touch-bases on future career opportunities following the postdoc phase.If you are interested in anti-tumor responses and personalized medicine, then this episode is for you!

In this episode of Forum, Chief Editor Barbara Cheifet speaks with Madeline Lancaster and Sergiu Pasca about organoids – cell cultures derived from stem cells and crafted to replicate a particular organ or certain cell types that make up an organ. These two experts in the field discuss neural organoids specifically, and how they are being used to study both basic biology of the brain and their future impacts on disease research.

On this episode, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena interviews Sean Johnson, the first author of a timely and great story on how to experimentally evaluate the performance of AI-generated enzymes.Sean and Cláudia discussed the timely topic of AI for protein design and the implications for future research, and also touched base on how it was to transition from academia to industry.For those who are interested in protein functionality, this episode is for you!

On this episode of From Bench to Podcast, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena interviews Roman Sarrazin-Gendron, first author of an absolutely incredible story about...videogames!During this informal chat, Roman and Cláudia talked about the behind the scenes of Boderlands Science. They explored the concepts of Citizen Science, Massively Multiplayer Online Video Games, and the impact of community work on gathering data about our microbiome.For those that love microbiology and/or video games, and wish to know how these two worlds merge, this episode is for you!Check out the trailer and spot the famous actress!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_mH6Ak_Ny0&t=5s

On this episode, Chief Editor Barbara Cheifet speaks with Polina Anikeeva from MIT, Grégoire Courtine from EPFL, and Jocelyn Bloch, a neurosurgeon at Lausanne University Hospital. These three leaders in the field of neurotechnologies discuss new devices that help us learn how our brain works, implantable brain-computer interfaces that are helping patients with neurological disorders walk again, and why this field is so exciting today.