• S6.27: Next Generation Sequence: Forging new paths in genetics
    Jan 25 2024

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    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.

    Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com

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    This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner.


    This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

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    38 mins
  • S6.26: The battle for biology: How Mendel came to rule the world
    Jan 11 2024

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    In this episode, we talk to Greg Radick from the University of Leeds to 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.

    Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com

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    This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner.


    This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

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    43 mins
  • S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
    Dec 21 2023

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

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    This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page & Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner.

    This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

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    36 mins
  • S6.24: Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’
    Dec 14 2023

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    We discover how 500,000 whole genome from UK Biobank will help medical research, plumb the depths of the ‘dark genome’ with Nucleome, and Larry Moran tells us how much of our DNA is just junk.

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    Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com

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    This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner.


    This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

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    38 mins
  • S6.23: 40 years of HIV: the disease that broke the rules
    Nov 30 2023

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    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.

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    This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner in collaboration with Sally Le Page and with additional research by Miyako Rogers.


    This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

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    35 mins
  • S6.22: Dumb luck: Amazing adaptations from happy little accidents
    Nov 16 2023

    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.

    Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com

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    This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner.

    This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

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    29 mins
  • S6.21: Time of your life: how circadian rhythms shape the world
    Nov 2 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?

    Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com

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    This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner.

    This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

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  • S6.20: That’s so extra: Exploring the weird world of extrachromosomal DNA
    Oct 19 2023

    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.

    Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com

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    This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner.

    This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

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    33 mins