Mason Lab is part of the 11 Space Biology Research Projects Selected for NASA's new Space Biology Research
NASA has granted 11 awards for groundbreaking Space Biology research that are part of the TIDES initiative aiming to support life in deep...
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May 24, 2022
Study Reveals Cause, Potential Precision Therapies for Aggressive Type of Lymphoma
DNA mutations are essential to the rapid development of an array of antibody-producing immune cells called B cells that collectively can...
May 7, 2022
Space Travel, Colonization, and Long-Term Survival in Space | Lex Fridman Podcast
Hear Chris talk about research on the long-term effects of space on the human body, as well as an assortment of topics including...
Apr 24, 2022
The Future of Space
🚀 The Future of Space video podcast is a candid and informal conversation, between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators,...
Feb 18, 2022
Genetic Preparations for Space Travel with Dr. Chris Mason | Science Goes To The Movies
It seems like Netflix is constantly raiding geneticist Chris Mason Lab for ideas! A look at real efforts to change our human genome to...
Nov 18, 2021
StarTalk Podcast | Launching the Inspiration4 with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chris Mason, & Sian Proctor – Cosmic Queries
What did we learn from the first all civilian mission into orbit? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore SpaceX’s...
Sep 15, 2021
Genetics and the "Next 500 Years" with Dr. Chris Mason | Science Goes To The Movies
In a series like X-Men or Jupiter's Legacy, genetically altered superheroes push the limits of human biology to save the world. In...
Aug 11, 2021
A 500-Year Plan To Reach Other Worlds - Christopher Mason | Modern Wisdom Podcast
Eventually, the sun is going to engulf the earth. This means that if we want human and animal life to not be snuffed out within a billion...
Aug 10, 2021
Mapping All Viruses on Earth and a Few for Mars
The emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants that may alter viral fitness highlights the urgency of widespread next-generation...
Jul 25, 2021
What Doctors Learned from Swabbing Subways in Different Countries | WIRED
A subway pole, a turnstile, a seat....what kinds of bacteria and microbes live on these surfaces? Dr. Christopher Mason and his team...
May 18, 2021
The Next 500 Years | Talks at Google
Dr. Christopher Mason discusses his book "The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds". Inevitably, life on Earth will come...
May 16, 2021
Genetically Engineering Humans for Space w/ Christopher Mason | FUTURES Podcast
Geneticist Christopher Mason shares his insights into genetically modifying humans to mitigate against the risks of space exploration,...
Apr 19, 2021
Is It Our Moral Duty to Explore Other Planets?
Inevitably, life on Earth will come to an end, whether by climate disaster, cataclysmic war, or the death of the sun in a few billion...
Mar 25, 2021
StarTalk Podcast: The Right Stuff with Astronaut Scott Kelly and Dr. Chris Mason
What does it take to be an astronaut? On this episode of StarTalk: Sports Edition, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and...
Jan 3, 2021
Plenary: High Throughput Tools for Responding to COVID-19 | Bio Summit 4.0 (2020)
Chris talks about high-throughput tools for responding to COVID-19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocqyRYuPeZI&ab_channel=GlobalCommunit...
May 21, 2020
Mapping the Journey of Dr. Christopher Mason through the world of Microbiome
See the exciting journey through time and space with Dr. Christopher Mason. Learn where it all began and how he has taken his research to...
Mar 27, 2020
SynBioBeta COVID-19 Town Hall #6: Environmental Sampling for Coronavirus
Christopher Mason has swabbed the NYC subway system before with surprising results. Now, with help from Twist Bioscience’s DNA chips,...
Jan 31, 2020
The Metagenomics of Earth's Cities and One Space Station
Chris discusses the lab's works on integrative functional genomics to develop a ten-phase, 500 year plan for the survival of humanity....
Dec 16, 2019
From underground to Outerspace: Dr. Christopher Mason's Microbiome Journey
Interview with Dr. Christopher Mason about his journey in microbiome research, from testing samples in the NYC subway system to the...
Dec 11, 2019
Human spaceflight induces telomere elongation and diplotype-resolved repeats
Chris's studies into twin astronauts started about five years ago, with NASA's longest human twin flight mission. Chris remarked that he...
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