Transcription is a tightly regulated process, where chemical modifications initiate the duplication of genetic material. This epigenetic process is often dysregulated in cancer, but it can be targeted with small molecule inhibitors. EPIGENETIC SIGNALLING
Professor Panagis Filippakopoulos is interested in the molecular mechanisms of transcription, where the ... Show More
Oct 2014
The Genetic Epidemiology of Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders: Multiple Levels, Interactions and Causal Loops
The first of the 2014 Loebel Lectures in Philosophy and Psychiatry, by Professor Kenneth S Kendler I show how recent studies in the genetic epidemiology and molecular genetics of psychiatric and substance use disorders illustrate the complex causal pathways to mental illness. The ... Show More
1h 38m
Feb 2024
Genetics: Chromosomes, Meiosis and Mitosis, and Inheritance Patterns
This podcast is the first in a series of lectures covering genetics. I cover the following topics: brief history of basic genetic principals, evolution, chromosomal theory (including mutations), mitosis and meiosis, and inheritance patterns. Please email me if you have any commen ... Show More
50m 11s
Aug 2019
Metastasen - große Gefahr bei Krebs: Metastasierung von Tumoren verhindern
Wenn Krebszellen sich im Körper ausbreiten, können Tochtergeschwülste, sogenannte Metastasen, entstehen. Diese sind für etwa 90 Prozent der Todesfälle bei Krebspatienten verantwortlich. Ein wichtiger Ausbreitungsweg der Krebszellen verläuft über das Lymphgefässsystem, das, ähnlic ... Show More
5m 57s