Genetics Unzipped

Jan 25 2024 168 ep. 32 mins 2.7k
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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

Jan 25 2024 37 mins  
Please fill out our listener survey at geneticsunzipped.com/survey before January 31st This episode is all about the next generation, as we meet three up-and-coming scientists who have been supported by the Genetics Society, and learn all about Bermuda skinks, the Black Death and life after a genetics PhD.

S6.26: The battle for biology: How Mendel came to rule the world

Jan 11 2024 42 mins  
We explore the impact that Gregor Mendel and his populariser William Bateson have had on the past century of genetics, and ask whether there could have been a more Weldonian view of the world.

S6.25: 2023 Unzipped

Dec 21 2023 35 mins  
As 2023 draws to a close, we’re bringing you a smorgasbord of previously unaired clips from some of our favourite interviews this year.

S6.24: Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’

Dec 14 2023 37 mins  
We discover how 500,000 whole genomes will help medical research, plumb the depths of the ‘dark genome’, and ponder how much of our DNA is just junk.

S6.23: 40 years of HIV: the disease that broke the rules

Nov 30 2023 35 mins  
With 2023 marking 40 years since the discovery of HIV, we're looking back over four decades of AIDS, from the earliest whispers of a mysterious new disease to fighting back against this deadly virus

S6.22: Dumb luck: Amazing adaptations from happy little accidents

Nov 16 2023 29 mins  
Author and science journalist Rebecca Coffey chats with us about some amazing adaptations and Darwinian delights from her book, Beyond Primates. She tells us about wasp facial recognition genes, how yeast epigenetics explain the Dutch Hunger Winter and a dinner party tale of spider cannibalism

S6.21: Time of your life: how circadian rhythms shape the world

Nov 02 2023
In this episode we’re clocking in to chat about the genetics of circadian rhythms. How can molecules tell the time, why don’t we have drugs for jet lag yet and could a midnight snack stop malaria in its tracks?

S6.20: That’s so extra: Exploring the weird world of extrachromosomal DNA

Oct 19 2023 32 mins  
We explore the weird and wonderful world of extrachromosomal DNA - what it is, what it does, and why it breaks the normal rules of inheritance.

S6.19: Food for the future: Helping plants adapt to a changing world

Oct 05 2023 44 mins  
We’re finding out how plants adapt to a changing environment, and how we might be able to give them a helping hand.

BONUS Hormones: The Inside Story - Is my diabetes my fault?

Sep 21 2023 40 mins  
It’s a special bonus episode this week as we wanted to showcase another podcast we think you’ll like, Hormones: The Inside Story, and an episode about the genetics of type 2 diabetes.