In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we talked with Onder Albayram from the Medical University of South Carolina about the role of the endocannabinoid system in brain aging and neuroprotection.
A major part of the conversation focuses on the endocannabinoid system. We talk about CB1 receptors, the endogenous ligands anandamide and 2-AG, and the enzy ... Show More
Oct 8
How Chromatin Marks Shape Transcription Factor Function (Luke Isbel)
In this episode we speak with Luke Isbell, Senior Research Fellow and group leader at Adelaide University and the South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute. We discuss his work on transcription factors, chromatin, and how epigenetic marks on histones can influence transcri ... Show More
38m 40s
Sep 24
CpG Islands, Polycomb, and the Regulation of Transcription (Rob Klose)
In this episode we speak with Rob Klose, Professor of Genetics at the University of Oxford, about how CpG islands help control gene expression and chromatin regulation during development. We discuss how his lab connected CpG islands to histone modifications and chromatin regulati ... Show More
40m 11s
May 2025
EP 185: From newborn screening to lifelong data in an evolving genomics landscape with Madhuri Hegde of Revvity
This week on The Genetics Podcast, Patrick is joined by Madhuri Hegde, SVP and Chief Scientific Officer of Revvity. They discuss Revvity’s advances in ultra-rapid clinical-grade sequencing, opportunities, challenges, and global inequities in newborn screening, and the dilemma of ... Show More
40m 44s
Aug 2021
Discovery, Translation, and the State of Bio Today
<p>On this episode, we are taking a pulse-check on the state of the intersection between biology, healthcare, and technology with two scientists that sit at another intersection, that of academia and industry: Alexander Marson and Patrick Hsu, who are professors at UC San Francis ... Show More
33m 5s
Dec 2023
EP 113: Harnessing human genetics to discover co-evolved small molecule medicines with Dr. Jason Park, CEO of Empress Therapeutics
In this episode of The Genetics Podcast, we welcome Dr. Jason, founder and CEO of Empress Therapeutics, a Flagship Pioneering company.
44m 31s
May 2019
EP 1: Introducing...The Genetics Podcast!
Welcome to The Genetics Podcast!
Since 2019, we've been interviewing researchers, entrepreneurs, scientists, and experts in the field of genetics, including leaders in the field like Dr Eric Topol, Dr Daphne Koller, Dr Robert Green, Sir Rory Collins. Some of the topics that ... Show More
2m 23s
Apr 2023
Papers Unplugged: Precision Medicine and Myeloid Neoplasms
In this podcast, Hartmut Döhner, Hematologist-Oncologist and Professor of Medicine in Germany, discusses with Dr. Nathalie van Havre the role of genomic characterization in the classification, prognosis and treatment of myeloid neoplasms. Discover the main methods of genomic test ... Show More
14m 32s