Rowan Hooper

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1,494 appearances 19 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 3d ago

Rowan Hooper’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Huge if true. voice-verified

And I'm Dr. Rowan Hooper. voice-verified

We're joined by Michael LePage. voice-verified

Michael, you've been reporting on this story and on previous synthetic life stories over the years. voice-verified

So we're going to get into that. voice-verified

This is the first synthetic cell built from non-living components that's able to complete a full cell cycle. voice-verified

Well, I want to get into that. voice-verified

Well, so you mentioned Kate Adamala, the boss of this lab. voice-verified

The people in the lab are calling them Adamala cells. voice-verified

And she was like, no, I don't like that. voice-verified

It's a bit much. voice-verified

She said, I'm Polish. voice-verified

I'm made of spuds. voice-verified

They look like spuds. voice-verified

And then the people in the lab started calling them spud cells. voice-verified

But they've also said spud cell is supposed to invoke Sputnik. voice-verified

which was the dawn of the space age. voice-verified

And this is the dawn of the synthetic biology age. voice-verified

Maybe another false dawn, but it's another dawn. voice-verified

But Michael, yeah, take us through a bit more detail about how they made the spud cell. voice-verified

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