# engineered microbes (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover engineered microbes.

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## [Biotech for Chickens — Robert Yaman](https://letter.nikomc.com/p/biotech-for-chickens-robert-yaman)

_2026-08-04 · Niko McCarty · Niko McCarty_

How biotechnology can improve the lives of billions of animals.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209832331/693109ab1e25051f520c2d81f67fa787.mp3)

## [Engineered Microbes, Seen from the Sky](https://letter.nikomc.com/p/engineered-microbes-seen-from-the)

_2026-07-20 · Niko McCarty · Niko McCarty_

An interview with Yonatan Chemla on hyperspectral biology and regulations for releasing engineered microbes.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207733437/0b9be2755a7cf2b72d7a8713323da3e4.mp3)

## [Synthetic Cell Eats, Grows, Divides](https://letter.nikomc.com/p/spudcell)

_2026-07-01 · Niko McCarty · Niko McCarty_

SpudCell could become the hydrogen atom for synthetic biology.

## [Hyperspectral Biology Fund](https://letter.nikomc.com/p/hyperspectral)

_2026-06-16 · Niko McCarty · Niko McCarty_

$75,000 in microgrants to grow a new field.

## [The Bitter Lesson for Biology — Adam Green on Virtual Cells and Scaling Laws](https://letter.nikomc.com/p/virtual-cells)

_2026-06-12 · Niko McCarty · Niko McCarty_

Markov Biosciences, a startup in San Francisco, is betting that virtual cells will soon have their GPT moment.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/201635429/f638c0bcbfb54a095e5727e1630ab77c.mp3)

## [Why Are Cells Small?](https://letter.nikomc.com/p/small)

_2026-06-08 · Niko McCarty · Niko McCarty_

Two physical constraints — surface area and diffusion — explain why cells are (mostly) tiny.

## [Magnet-Controlled Medicines — Andrew York & Maria Ingaramo](https://letter.nikomc.com/p/magnet-medicines)

_2026-05-29 · Niko McCarty · Niko McCarty_

Watch now | Behind the company trying to control proteins inside the body using small magnets.

[Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199771980/504d23eef8a785e4a490a441efa19483.mp3)

## [How to Weigh a Cell](https://letter.nikomc.com/p/how-to-weigh-a-cell)

_2026-05-27 · Niko McCarty · Niko McCarty_

A single yeast cell weighs about one million times less than a grain of sand. How do we know this?

## [What’s the Point of Theory in Biology?](https://letter.nikomc.com/p/theory)

_2026-05-26 · Niko McCarty · Niko McCarty_

The letters below were written by Noah Olsman, a scientist in the Paulsson laboratory at Harvard.

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## [Even “Boring” Ideas are Surprisingly Deep](https://letter.nikomc.com/p/boring-ideas)

_2026-05-20 · Niko McCarty · Niko McCarty_

It’s easy, in biology, to become enamored by the frontier. But the old, boring stuff often hides many layers of complexity.