EP 122: Building genome-scale engineered cells for biotechnology with Leslie Mitchell, Co-founder and CEO of Neochromosome| Listen on Anghami

Apr 2

EP 233: Unlocking early detection in liver disease with data and genetics with Tim Jobson of Predictive Health Intelligence

This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. Tim Jobson, consultant physician and gastroenterologist at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Medical Director of Predictive Health Intelligence (PHI). They discuss the rising burden of metabolic liver disease and how rou ... Show More

33m 23s

Mar 26

EP 232: How ethics and law shape reproductive technology and AI in medicine with Glenn Cohen of Harvard Law School

This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. Glenn Cohen, Professor at Harvard Law School. They discuss the evolving legal and ethical landscape of reproductive genetics, why regulation in areas like embryo selection remains limited, and questions arising around th ... Show More

23m 42s

Mar 19

EP 231: From polygenic scores to AI-driven medicine with Andrea Ganna of the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland

This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Dr. Andrea Ganna, Associate Professor at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM). They discuss the promise and limits of polygenic risk scores for disease prediction and clinical trials, how large-scale electroni ... Show More

36m 19s

Jan 2024

BET Proteins and Their Role in Chromosome Folding and Compartmentalization (Kyle Eagen)

In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we talked with Kyle Eagen from Baylor College of Medicine about his work on BET Proteins and their role in chromosome folding and compartmentalization. In the early days of his research career Dr. Eagen made use of genomics and microsco ... Show More

30m 53s

Jul 2020

#113 – Manolis Kellis: Human Genome and Evolutionary Dynamics

Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. He is interested in understanding the human genome from a computational, evolutionary, biological, and other cross-disciplinary perspectives. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: – B ... Show More

2h 29m

May 2024

Using Single-Cell Multiomics to Characterize Human Developmental Hematopoiesis (Ana Cvejic)

In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we talked with Ana Cvejic from the Biotech Research & Innovation Centre at the University of Copenhagen about her work on using sc-multiomics to characterise human developmental hematopoiesis. The conversation starts by delving into Ana ... Show More

37m 12s

Jun 2023

Why bladder cancer cells that shed their Y chromosome become more aggressive

In this episode:00:45 Why losing the Y chromosome makes bladder cancer more aggressiveLoss of the Y chromosome in bladder cancer cells is associated with increased severity of disease, but the reasons behind this have been unclear. Now researchers show that the loss of this chrom ... Show More

29m 26s

Aug 2022

#077 Rewriting genomes to eradicate disease and aging | Dr. George Church

<p>George Church, Ph.D. is a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and of health sciences and technology at both Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Church played an instrumental role in the Human Genome Project and is widely recognized as one of ... Show More

2h 8m

Mar 2023

How to build a virus-proof cell

00:47 An edited genetic code that prevents viral infectionResearchers have engineered bacteria with synthetic genomes to be immune to viral infection. The team streamlined the bacteria’s genetic code, and re-engineered the protein-producing machinery to insert the wrong amino aci ... Show More

31m 38s

Mar 2023

Plant-based meat: What is the role of alternative proteins in LMIC?

Diverse plant-based protein consumption is a promising approach to a healthy and environmentally sustainable diet. Across the plant-based meat series of the BrainFood podcast, we have heard thought-provoking insights from our guest experts working in fields such as nutrition, aca ... Show More

33m 43s

Dec 2020

Matt Ridley || How Innovation Works

Today we have Matt Ridley on the podcast. Matt is the author of the recently-released How Innovation Works, as well as The Rational Optimist and several other books related to science and human progress, which have sold over a million copies. He is also a biologist, newspaper col ... Show More

47m 35s

Sep 2019

Leonard Susskind: Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and Black Holes

Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University, and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory and in general as one of the greatest physicists of our time both a ... Show More

57m 40s

Nov 2022

Epigenetics in Human Malaria Parasites (Elena Gómez-Diaz)

In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we caught up with Elena Gomez-Diaz from the Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine López-Neyra at the Spanish National Research Council. She share with us her work on the Epigenetics in Human Malaria Parasites. Elena Gómez-Díaz and h ... Show More

37m 22s

EP 122: Building genome-scale engineered...