Touching Base

By Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN)

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Touching Base is the dynamic podcast series from the editors of GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News). Each episode features a rotating cast of senior editors including John Sterling, Kevin Davies, Julianna LeMieux, Alex Philippidis, Uduak Thomas, Corinna Singleman and Fay Lin who delve into emerging stories, exchange ideas, and debate the latest trends in biotech. Additionally, they talk to some of the leading voices in the industry about what's now and next.

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Episode Date
Lung Organoids, Autism and Sarcopenia Insights in Mice, and a Bidding War Ends
Dec 04, 2025
New Nasal Vaccines, Korro Stock Dips, J&J and Merck Acquisitions, and Dyno GATC
Nov 20, 2025
uniQure Staggers at FDA, Recursion's Microglia Map, and Leadership Transitions
Nov 07, 2025
Artificial Intelligence in the Emerald City and Targeting Colon Cancer Stem Cells 
Oct 24, 2025
Nobel Prizes Announced and Breakthroughs for Huntington’s and Rare Diseases
Oct 10, 2025
BPI 2025 Debrief and Takeaways
Sep 26, 2025
Developing New Therapies Through Partnership, Electricity, and Immunotherapy
Sep 05, 2025
Stem Cells in Space and AI for Nanoparticles and Peptide Design
Aug 22, 2025
Reversing Parkinson’s in Mice, Protecting Primates from HIV, Top 10 Biotech Clusters, and Sarepta
Aug 08, 2025
Sarepta Under Scrutiny, AstraZeneca’s Big Bet, and AI vs. IDRs
Jul 25, 2025
Merck Acquires Verona, Virtual Cell Challenge, Gene Therapy Restores Hearing
Jul 11, 2025
BIO 2025, Huge Virtual Cell Dataset, AI-Designed De Novo Proteins
Jun 18, 2025
Rocket’s Gene Therapy Trial Paused, Boltz-2 Open Source, Plasma Swap Rewinds Aging
Jun 06, 2025
Customized CRISPR for KJ, 10x and Illumina Lawsuits, Regeneron Bags 23andMe
May 22, 2025
Insights into COVID-19’s Origins, Recursion Reverses Course, and AACR Stands Up for Cancer Research
May 09, 2025
Navigating Biotech’s New Normal, Applying AI to Cas9 Enzymes, and Sequencing Generations
Apr 25, 2025
Discussing De-Extinction, Trump’s Tariffs Touch Biopharma, and Reports from Recent Travels
Apr 11, 2025
Dravet Gene Therapy Tested in Mice, Sarepta’s Setback, and AstraZeneca Updates
Mar 28, 2025
Genetic Engineering at Asilomar, Stand Up for Science, and Francis Collins
Mar 14, 2025
AI Models Writing DNA and Designing Enzymes, Some Pre-AGBT News
Feb 28, 2025
Recursion Clinical Trial, CRISPR Delivery methods, preclinical Cas12 use, Gene Editing in AgBio, Top 10 Takeover Targets
Feb 14, 2025
DNA Day: Deep Dive
Apr 26, 2024
How Biotechs Are Plugging AI into Drug Discovery Problems
Apr 19, 2024
Launch of Nvelop Therapeutics for Delivery of Genetic Cargo, AACR Recap
Apr 12, 2024
Dried Blood COVID Dx, Cryo-Shocked Tumor Cell Delivery Vehicles, Verve Halts Trial, Iambic Starts Trial, and Diagonal Therapeutics Launches
Apr 05, 2024
AI in Drug Discovery and Precision Medicine: Nvidia GTC and Precision Med TRI-CON
Mar 29, 2024
Optimizing Nanoparticles and Messenger RNAs with Multiple “Tails”
Mar 22, 2024
NanoString Finds a Buyer, Slide Tags Enter in Early Access as Curio Trekker, Cellares Unveils Cell Therapy Manufacturing Platform
Mar 15, 2024
International Women’s Day, Nanoparticles and Delivery, Novo Nordisk’s Expansion, and Organoids for Congenital Conditions
Mar 08, 2024
Moderna Gets Back to Its Roots, Form Bio and Ginkgo Bioworks Team Up, and Under-the-Radar Rare Autoimmune Diseases
Mar 01, 2024
Prime Editing for Isogenic iPSCs, PRINT, Universal In Vivo CAR T Editing, Biogen Q4 Results Disappoint; Andrea Choe
Feb 23, 2024
CRISPRed Pigs, Exscientia Fires CEO, & AGBT Roundup; Christian Henry
Feb 16, 2024
Intellia and Ultragenyx’s Clinical Updates, Novo Holdings’ Catalent Acquisition, and NanoString Bankruptcy; Simon Barnett
Feb 09, 2024
Genome Interpretation, Nanoparticles, Gene Therapy, 2024 IPOs; Nautilus Biotechnology
Feb 02, 2024
Restoring Hearing Loss, CAR T Manufacturing, DNA-Based Medicines, Nvidia and Recursion; Eric Topol
Jan 26, 2024
Alzheimer’s Disease, Monkey Cloning, Cytokinetics Stock; Jen Nwankwo
Jan 18, 2024
J.P. Morgan 2024: Illumina, 10x, Danaher, AI; Liberate Bio
Jan 11, 2024
Novartis and Voyager, JPM Ahead, Epigenetic Engineering; Alex Aravanis
Jan 05, 2024
Launch of Tome Biosciences, AI scientist, mRNA vaccines
Dec 21, 2023
Autism, AI and Epigenetics; Nevan Krogan
Dec 08, 2023