Please fill out our listener survey at geneticsunzipped.com/survey before January 31st This episode is all about the next generation, as we meet three up-and-coming scientists who have been supported by the Genetics Society, and learn all about Bermuda skinks, the Black Death and life after a genetics PhD. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le ...
Jan 25, 2024•38 min•Season 6Ep. 27
Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/survey In this episode, we talk to Greg Radick from the University of Leeds to explore the impact that Gregor Mendel and his populariser William Bateson have had on the past century of genetics, and ask whether there could have been a more Weldonian view of the world. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @Gene...
Jan 11, 2024•43 min•Season 6Ep. 26
Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/survey As 2023 draws to a close, we’re bringing you a smorgasbord of previously unaired clips from some of our favourite interviews this year. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page & Kat Arney with audio pr...
Dec 21, 2023•36 min•Season 6Ep. 35
Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/survey We discover how 500,000 whole genome from UK Biobank will help medical research, plumb the depths of the ‘dark genome’ with Nucleome, and Larry Moran tells us how much of our DNA is just junk. Please fill out our short listener survey here Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode...
Dec 14, 2023•38 min•Season 6Ep. 24
Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/survey With 2023 marking 40 years since the discovery of HIV, we're looking back over four decades of AIDS, from the earliest whispers of a mysterious new disease to fighting back against this deadly virus. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, prese...
Nov 30, 2023•35 min•Season 6Ep. 23
Author and science journalist Rebecca Coffey chats with us about some amazing adaptations and Darwinian delights from her book, Beyond Primates. She tells us about wasp facial recognition genes, how yeast epigenetics explain the Dutch Hunger Winter and a dinner party tale of spider cannibalism. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with au...
Nov 16, 2023•29 min•Season 6Ep. 22
In this episode we’re clocking in to chat about the genetics of circadian rhythms. How can molecules tell the time, why don’t we have drugs for jet lag yet and could a midnight snack stop malaria in its tracks? Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for ...
Nov 02, 2023
We explore the weird and wonderful world of extrachromosomal DNA - what it is, what it does, and why it breaks the normal rules of inheritance. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicate...
Oct 19, 2023•33 min•Season 6Ep. 20
We’re finding out how plants adapt to a changing environment, and how we might be able to give them a helping hand so that we can keep feeding the world sustainably in the future. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of t...
Oct 05, 2023•44 min•Season 6Ep. 19
In this bonus episode, we’re bringing you the third instalment of Hormones: The Inside Story, Season 3. This podcast is produced for the Society for Endocrinology by the same team behind Genetics Unzipped. Find it on Podbean , Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode, Dr Sally Le Page investigates the role of genetics, ethnicity and maternal environment on type 2 diabetes, with our guests Dr Inês Cebola, Dr Shivani Misra and Dr Lorna Smith. This week, we invest...
Sep 21, 2023•40 min
We’re exploring the epic life of Alfred Russel Wallace; adventurer, naturalist and co-discoverer of natural selection. Biologist and author, Jim Costa, recounts the life of this often forgotten founding father of evolution. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Gene...
Sep 07, 2023•32 min•Season 6Ep. 18
We look at the science behind DNA and RNA vaccines - How do they work? What can they do? And how can they be made at scale so that more people around the world can benefit from them? With John Tregoning from Imperial College London, Christian Ottensmeier from the University of Liverpool, and Lisa Caproni from Touchlight. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat ...
Aug 24, 2023•33 min•Season 6Ep. 17
Kat Arney chats with Professor Matthew Cobb about what really happened between James Watson, Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin during the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Socie...
Aug 10, 2023•52 min•Season 6Ep. 16
We’re going behind the scenes at the Sanger Institute with Cordelia Langford, Director of Scientific Operations, to find out what it takes to make Big Science happen, and hear the stories behind the sequencing. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media...
Jul 27, 2023•26 min•Season 6Ep. 15
We’re chatting with two of this year’s Genetics Society award winners - Cecilia Lindgren, who’s an expert on the genetics of obesity and metabolic disorders, and Lucy van Dorp, who has spent the past three years tracing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 around the world. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page...
Jul 13, 2023•33 min•Season 6Ep. 14
We’re venturing into ancient territory and archaeological digs, excavating the complex ethics of extracting and sequencing DNA from human remains. We chat to Prof. Turi King about her role uncovering the body King Richard III and who decides which research gets done. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is cr...
Jun 29, 2023•28 min•Season 6Ep. 13
We’re taking a journey into the world of art and artefacts, unearthing the genetic secrets of long-dead legends like Da Vinci, Van Gogh and Beethoven. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societ...
Jun 15, 2023•26 min•Season 6Ep. 12
We’re chasing down the perpetrator of a scientific Whodunnit, joining the DNA detectives on the hunt for the causes of cancer. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoti...
Jun 01, 2023•33 min•Season 6Ep. 611
In this episode we’re going microscopic, exploring what tiny tardigrades can teach us about desiccation, vaccine delivery … and even space travel! Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting res...
May 18, 2023•29 min•Season 6Ep. 10
In this episode we’re becoming chromosomal criminals and learning about how researchers are stealing genes from the animal kingdom and using them to improve human health. From 13-lined ground squirrels teaching us how to recover from heart attacks, to bowhead whales showing us how to avoid cancer, there’s a lot geneticists can learn from Mother Nature. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped w...
May 04, 2023•27 min•Season 6Ep. 9
To celebrate DNA Day, we are rereleasing an episode from series 3, called The Past, Present, and Future of the Human Genome Project, when Kat interviewed the director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute, Dr Eric Green about his work on the Human Genome Project from its very inception. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the o...
Apr 27, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 22
We take a leftfield look at public communication of genetics, exploring how the science of DNA turns up in popular culture from comics and music to cakes, with Great British Bake Off winner Syabira Yusoff. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for ...
Apr 20, 2023•34 min•Season 5Ep. 8
We’re discussing Chris Hemsworth’s recent Alzheimer's risk findings and the pros and cons of direct-to-consumer DNA testing with genetic counsellor and host of the podcast DNA Today, Kira Dineen. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the ol...
Apr 06, 2023•38 min•Season 6Ep. 7
We’re saying bye-bye to the boys, and exploring whether new gene technologies and climate change will make males extinct. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching...
Mar 23, 2023•36 min•Season 6Ep. 6
We're exploring the ethics and regulations of genome editing. What is allowed? What shouldn't be? And who should get to decide? Plus we explore a new exhibit on the topic that lets the public have their say. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - o...
Mar 09, 2023•37 min•Season 6Ep. 5
We’re off on a journey to the world of rare genetic disorders, exploring the diagnostic odyssey that patients go on in search of answers, research into variants of unknown significance and new approaches for treating the rare disease Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome (AGS) Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner and Sally Le ...
Feb 23, 2023•38 min•Season 6Ep. 4
How much do you know about genetics? In this episode we’re sharing the results of a large survey asking the UK public what their opinions are, what they know, or more importantly, what they think they know about genetics and what that means for society. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. Thi...
Feb 09, 2023•39 min•Season 6Ep. 3
We’re going back to the very genesis of our species in search of the genetic Adam and Eve. Who were they? When and where did they live? Were there really just two of them? And how should we really be referring to these ancient ancestors anyway? Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is ...
Jan 26, 2023•30 min•Season 6Ep. 2
We’re going back to the womb to explore the genetics of how to make babies - from finding out how birthweight is linked to the risk of diabetes to investigating the multifaceted role of the hormone prolactin in pregnancy and the role of epigenetics in the placenta. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner and Sally Le P...
Jan 12, 2023•31 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics....
Dec 15, 2022•40 min•Season 5Ep. 25
