Hannah Landecker is Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute for Society and Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Landecker’s work focuses on the social and historical study of biotechnology and life science, from 1900 to now. She studies the intersections of biology and technology, with a particular focus on cells and the in vitro conditions of life in research settings. She is currently working on a book called American Metabolism, which looks at transformations of the metabolic sciences wrought by the rise of epigenetics, microbiomics, cell signaling, and hormone biology. Her previous publications include Culturing Life: How Cells Became Technologies (2007) and articles on subjects ranging from antibiotic resistance to microcinematography.