Genetics Unzipped
By The Genetics Society
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Episodes: 168
Caroline
Apr 5, 2019
Superb podcast. Extremely well-researched interviews with top people in the field. And your knowledgeable and witty guide is Kat Arney (also author of two great and very entertaining books on this subject)
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From Mendel's peas to personal genome sequencing, Genetics Unzipped brings you stories from the world of genes, genomes and DNA. In association with The Genetics Society.
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S6.27: Next Generation Sequence: Forging new paths in genetics
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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S6.26: The battle for biology: How Mendel came to rule the world
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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S6.24: Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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S6.23: 40 years of HIV: the disease that broke the rules
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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S6.22: Dumb luck: Amazing adaptations from happy little accidents
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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S6.21: Time of your life: how circadian rhythms shape the world
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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S6.20: That’s so extra: Exploring the weird world of extrachromosomal DNA
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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S6.19: Food for the future: Helping plants adapt to a changing world
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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BONUS Hormones: The Inside Story - Is my diabetes my fault?
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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S6.18: An Evolutionary Revolutionary: Alfred Russel Wallace and the discovery of natural selection
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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S6.17: Vax to the future: The science of DNA and RNA vaccines
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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S6.16 Double helix double crossing? What really happened between Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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S6.15: Cordelia Langford: Making Big Science Happen
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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S6.14: Tracking COVID and tackling obesity: Meet this year’s Genetics Society award winners
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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S6.13: Kings, car parks and consent: should we sequence DNA from human remains?
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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S6.12: Da Vinci’s DNA: What happens when genetics meets art
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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S6.11: Meet the DNA Detectives hunting the causes of cancer
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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S6.10: Space invaders: The amazing adaptations of tardigrades
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May 18, 2023 |
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S6.09: Raiders of Noah’s Ark: Stealing genetic tricks from the animal kingdom
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May 04, 2023 |
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BONUS Re-release S3.22 - The Past, Present and Future of the Human Genome Project
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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S6.08: Pop goes the genome! Genetics in popular culture
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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S6.07: Chris Hemsworth took a genetic test for Alzheimer's. Should you?
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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S6.06: Bye-bye boys: The genetics behind the extinction of males
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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S6.05: GMO or GM NO? The ethics and realities of genome editing
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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S6.04: The diagnostic odyssey: A journey into genetic testing for rare diseases
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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S6.03: Confident, competent or confused: What do you think you know about genetics?
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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S6.02: Would you Adam and Eve it? In search of our earliest genetic ancestors
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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S6.01 Baby brain, baby body: the genetics (and epigenetics) of reproduction
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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S525: 2022 Unzipped
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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S5.24: Bats, boats and buried bodies: the hidden power of environmental DNA
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Living with the Eugenic Past: Michele Goodwin
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Living with the Eugenic Past: Joe Cain
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Living with the Eugenic Past: Anneke Lucassen
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Living with the Eugenic Past: Brian Donovan
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Living with the Eugenic Past: Adam Rutherford
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Living with the Eugenic Past: Elaine Riddick
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Living with the Eugenic Past: Turi King
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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S5.23: Birds and bees… and sardines: the genetics of animal behaviour
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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S5.22 Little Shop of Genetic Horrors: the evolution of carnivorous plants
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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S5.21 Past to present: Searching for evolutionary stories in ancient DNA
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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BONUS! Big Biology: food for thought - plant domestication and the promise of green super rice
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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S5.20 Bread and fishes: the future of food in a changing climate
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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S5.19 Let there be light: the origins of photosynthesis
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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S5.18 The Genesis Machine
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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S5.17 Genetics of Society: How to be a queen bee
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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S5.16 Hap-pea 200th birthday, Mendel!
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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S5.15 Does size matter when it comes to your genes?
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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S5.14 Genes, brains and the mind: How much of your personality is encoded in your DNA?
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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S5.13 Genetics at your fingertips: stories from the science of identity
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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S5.12 In the blood: using circulating DNA to detect and monitor cancer
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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*Repost* Strands of life
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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S5.11 When should you eat your relatives?
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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S5.10 Squid Game: the strange science of cephalopods
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May 19, 2022 |
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S5.09 Nature, Nurture and 'The Wobble'
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May 05, 2022 |
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S5.08 Have a heart: the science of xenotransplantation
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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S5.07 Face to face: The viruses that made us human
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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S5.06 Introducing exosomes: exciting ideas for biological mailbags
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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S5.05 Sex and the Single Cell
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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S5.04 Genetics of the Americas: from migration to the modern day
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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S5.03 On Growth and Form: The extraordinary life and work of D'Arcy Thompson
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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S5.02 Breeding better humans: Exposing the dark legacy and troubling present of eugenics
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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S5.01 How the zebra got its stripes: When maths and molecules collide
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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S4.26 *Repost* Sex and death
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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S4.25 Best of 2021
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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S4.24 The Natural Lottery: How our genes shape our lives
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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S4.23 A menagerie of malignancy: Cancer across the animal kingdom
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Bonus: Hormones: The Inside Story - Will taking hormones make me taller?
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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S4.22 Wired for sound: The genetics of music
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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S4.21 Rarities and Oddities: the strangest genetics stories of 2021
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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S4.20 Baby boom: The surprising science of the placenta
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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S4.19 Reading the book of life: A brief history of DNA sequencing
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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S4.18 Meet the Robinson Crusoe Islanders: the genetic roots of speech and language development
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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S4.17 Back to the beginning: Exploring the origins of life
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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S4.16 Direwolves and Denisovans: Uncovering the stories in ancient DNA
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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S4.15 Catching cancer: A story of devils, dogs and cannibal hamsters
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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S4.14 Genes for all: Making sure everyone benefits from genetics research
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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S4.13 Six toed cats and cyclops lambs: The story of Sonic Hedgehog
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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S4.12 Why me? Searching for genetic susceptibility to chronic fatigue syndrome and pain
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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S4.11 From genes to drugs to bugs: How genetic engineering is used to make medicines
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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S4.10 Creatures of the night: the genetics of bats
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May 20, 2021 |
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S4.09 Genes and giants - the science of big and small
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May 06, 2021 |
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S4.08 Making better medicines: unlocking the promise of genomics for drug discovery
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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S4.07 A brief history of CRISPR: how we learned to edit the genome
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Suffrage Science: Dr Tamsin Edwards
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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S4.06: Giving nature a helping hand: how humans are shaping species
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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S4.05: How to be a superhero: the hidden powers within your genes
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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S4.04 - Dogology: The genetics of our four-legged friends
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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S4.03 - A dominant character: The life of JBS Haldane
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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S4.02 - 100 not out? Genes and ageing
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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S4.01 Genes and Vaccines: Where mRNA COVID-19 vaccines came from and how they work
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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S3.28 *Repost* Chimps, cancer genes and missing kids: An interview with Mary-Claire King
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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S3.27 *Repost* Not just the wife
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 12: 9 Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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S3.26 *Repost* When 'Becky' met Bateson: Edith Rebecca Saunders, the mother of British plant genetics
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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S3.25 *Repost* Uprooting the tree of life: Darwin, DNA and de-extinction
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Are my hormones making me fat? Hormones: The Inside Story
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 11: In conversation with Prof Steve Jones
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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S3.24 Best bits of 2020
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 10: In conversation with Prof Aoife McLysaght
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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S3.23 Heat, Stick, Duplicate, Repeat: The Story Of The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 9: The ethics of genetics
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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S3.22 The Past, Present and Future of the Human Genome Project
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 8: New genetic technologies
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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S321 From Philadelphia to Baltimore: Tales of Chromosomes, Cancer Cells and Henrietta Lacks
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 7: COVID expert panel 3
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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S3.20 The Future of Cancer: How Genomics is Transforming Research and Treatment for All
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 6: Dealing with pathogens
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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S3.19 Making Babies and Getting Organised: Celebrating Hilde Mangold and Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 5: The evolution of cancer
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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S3.18 Rare, Well Done: Progress and challenges in rare genetic disorders
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 4: The sequence of everything
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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S3.17 Rebel Cell: Cancer, evolution and the science of life
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 3: Humans - Evolved and evolving
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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S3.16 Sickness and susceptibility: The ancient war between genes and disease
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 2: A guide to the human genome
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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S3.15 Pimp My Genome: the wonderful world of epigenetics
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Genetics Shambles 1: COVID-19 and Learning from the Past
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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S3.14 The eyes have it: From genetics to gene therapy
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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S3.13 The Cancer Ladies: Maud Slye and Pauline Gross
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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S3.12 Out Standing in the Field: the highs and lows of genetics fieldwork
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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S3.11 From one generation to the next: the life and work of Anne McLaren
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May 21, 2020 |
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S3.10 Out of Africa: uncovering history and diversity in the human genome
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May 07, 2020 |
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S3.09 Twisted history: the true story of the double helix
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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S3.08 Nothing about me without me: involving patients in genomic research
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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S3.07 An accidental invention: the story of genetic fingerprinting
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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S3.06 Can you have a 'perfect genome'? Myths and misconceptions in genomics
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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S3.05 - Poop, pus and the Manhattan Project: How we learned to spell the genetic alphabet
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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S3.04 Race to the Bottom
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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S3.03 - Fish, facts and fiction, from Haeckel’s embryos to Tiktaalik
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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S3.02 - Hidden family secrets revealed by genetic testing
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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S3.01 - Investigating the icons of evolution, from Darwin's Finches to the March of Progress
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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S2.07 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Turi King
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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S2.06 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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S2.05 New Light on Old Britons - Dr Lara Cassidy
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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S2.04 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Sir Walter Bodmer
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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S2.03 New Light on Old Britons - Dr Silvia Bello
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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S2.02 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Ian Barnes and Dr Selina Brace
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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S2.01 New Light on Old Britons - Galton Institute Symposium 2019 - Nick Ashton
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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028 - Sperm wars, sneaky sheep, substandard stallions and more
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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027 - Uprooting the tree of life: Darwin, DNA and de-extinction
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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026 - The future is now: Curing HIV, advancing CRISPR therapies, predatory phages for superbug infections and advice for a healthy life
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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025 - When 'Becky' met Bateson: Edith Rebecca Saunders, the mother of British plant genetics
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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024 - Exploring the Poop-ome, from the microbiome to metagenomics
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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023 Mergers and Acquisitions
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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022 - Big Questions about the Big C
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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021 In case you missed it...
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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020 Sex and Death
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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019 - The Genetic Time Machine
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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018 Cut. Paste. Pair. Repeat.
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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017 Happy 100th Birthday To Us
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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016 Genetics By Numbers
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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015 Up the Garden Path
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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014 The Seeds of a Great Idea
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May 23, 2019 |
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013 The Zero Dollar Genome
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May 09, 2019 |
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012 - Strands of Life
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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011 - Darwin vs Mendel
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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010 - Not just 'the wife' - the overlooked stories of women in genetics
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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009 - Chimps, cancer genes and missing kids
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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008 - Getting ready for genomic medicine
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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007 - Supermodels of science
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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006 - Big fat failure
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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005 - Vegetable soup
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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004 - Witness the fitness
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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003 - Hunting Huntington's, Nobel viruses and spidergoats
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Jan 03, 2019 |
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002 - Behind the scenes at the Christmas Lectures
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Dec 20, 2018 |
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001 - Get unzipped!
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Dec 12, 2018 |
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Coming soon... Genetics Unzipped - a new science podcast exploring the world of DNA, genes and genomes
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Nov 27, 2018 |