Microbiology meets fashion

On our very first episode of the new podcast series from Nature Biotechnology, our Associate Editor Cláudia Vilhena interviews Marcus Walker, first author of a fantastic story on engineered bacteria used to stain textiles. With an informal and honest touch, Marcus and Cláudia dive into the behind the scenes of the paper. From the inspiration to combine microbiology and fashion, passing by what went wrong at the bench, all the way to the economical and environmental implications of living biomaterials. For all those who struggle with measuring optical density, this episode is for you!

From Bench to Podcast: Stories from Biotech Labs- Marcus Walker

For our special Focus Issue, Chief Editor Barbara Cheifet talks with Charlotte Deane and Gevorg Grigoryan about applying new machine learning methods to protein structure prediction and protein design. We discuss exciting new technologies and their current and future clinical applications.

Protein Design Roundtable: Deane and Grigoryan

Microscopy methods today are enabling researchers to see small details within cells, previously undetectable by light microscopy. Chief Editor Barbara Cheifet speaks with Drs. Ed Boyden and Johann Danzl about the technological advances and challenges in the fields of super resolution and expansion microscopy.

Super Resolution and Expansion Microscopy Roundtable: Boyden and Danzl

Single-cell metabolomics is focused on detecting, understanding, and interpreting metabolites and lipids at single-cell resolution. Theodore Alexandrov and Anne Le discuss recent technical advances in the field with Chief Editor Barbara Cheifet.

Single-cell metabolomics Roundtable: Alexandrov and Le

Chief Editor Barbara Cheifet speaks with Drs. Michael Fischbach and Sarkis Mazmanian about recent work uncovering functional roles for our microbiomes and what is needed to bring microbiome therapies to the clinic.&nbsp;

Microbiome Roundtable: Fischbach and Mazmanian

Jayme Locke and Megan Sykes discuss advances in xenotransplantation with Chief Editor Barbara Cheifet, including details of the recent transplants of pig heart and kidney into braindead patients, as well as the questions researchers and clinicians are asking next.&nbsp;

Xenotransplantation Roundtable: Locke and Sykes

Aviv Regev and Sarah Teichmann talk with Senior Editor Barbara Cheifet about the development and exciting recent progress of the Human Cell Atlas project.

Human Cell Atlas Roundtable: Regev and Teichmann

Senior Editor Markus Elsner has a discussion with Ray Deshaies and Carolyn Bertozzi about PROTACs, small molecules that have the potential to treat previously-undruggable targets in clinical applications.

PROTACs Roundtable: Bertozzi and Deshaies

Ana Pombo and Jennifer Phillips-Cremins talk with senior editor Barbara Cheifet about how new methods to look at the 3D genome are providing insights into the links between genome structure and cellular function.

3D Genome Roundtable: Pombo and Phillips-Cremins

Nature Biotechnology&apos;s Forum podcast explores biotech&apos;s&amp;nbsp;latest scientific publications, found in Nature Biotechnology and elsewhere, through discussions with&amp;nbsp;today&apos;s leading researchers.

Nature Biotechnology's Forum podcast explores biotech's&nbsp;latest scientific publications, found in Nature Biotechnology and elsewhere, through discussions with&nbsp;today's leading researchers.

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