Live at BioFab Fair. Celebrating 150 Episodes!

In this special 150th episode of Grow Everything, Erum and Karl broadcast live from the BioFab Fair 2025 in London. They explore the innovative world of biology as technology with special guests Elliot Roth and Amanda (from Mothership Materials), discussing community biotech labs, biopunk culture, and sustainable feedstocks for the bioeconomy.

Episode Links:

• Gozen Lunaform video. Wow! - https://vimeo.com/1061047875
• Biopunk Lab - https://biopunklab.com/
• Pacagen - https://pacagen.com/
• Deep Science Ventures - https://www.deepscienceventures.com/
• Mothership Materials - https://www.mothershipmaterials.com/

Topics Covered:

Biofabricate, Biofab Fair, live recording, 150 episodes, biomaterials, textiles, fabrics, furniture, community biotech, biopunk, cultivation, microbes, bioprocessing, biomanufacturing, waste agriculture

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Chapters:00:00:00 - Introduction to BioFab Fair 2025

00:01:43 - Reflections on day one of BioFab Fair

00:06:00 - Interview with Elliot Roth on Biopunk culture

00:07:00 - From hacker to punk: Redefining biotech development

00:10:00 - The rise of community bio labs and why they're having a moment

00:12:00 - Missing small business biotech and problems with VC funding

00:14:00 - Weird biotech innovations around the world

00:20:00 - Global tour insights and medical tourism observations

00:24:00 - Call to action for Biopunk movement

00:27:00 - Interview with Amanda from Mothership Materials

00:28:00 - Breakthrough technology for agricultural waste processing

00:30:00 - The importance of glucose for scaling biomanufacturing

00:34:00 - Introducing "Microbe Munch" - specialized sugar for microbes

00:38:00 - The future of distributed biomanufacturing