Genetics Unzipped

Genetics Unzipped is the podcast from the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics. Find out more and apply to join at genetics.org.uk

All in Microbes

May 19

May 19 S5.10 Squid Game: the strange science of cephalopods

We're exploring the genetic secrets of squid. Dr Sally Le Page chats with Dr Sarah McAnulty to find out what has made squid so difficult to genetically manipulate and how they do unusual things with their RNA. We then sit down with Professor Jamie Foster who has been sending glow-in-the-dark squid into space to find out more about our microbiome.

Oct 21

Oct 21 S4.21 Rarities and Oddities: the strangest genetics stories of 2021

Kat Arney

Episodes, Microbes, Genetic engineering, Animals, Evolution

We’re squelching through Californian mud, swimming with platypuses, bearing witness to daylight robbery and even finding time to catch an episode of Star Trek as we look back on the strangest genetics stories of 2021.

Oct 10

Oct 10 024 - Exploring the Poop-ome, from the microbiome to metagenomics

Kat Arney

Episodes, Microbes, Health

We’re getting our hands dirty by delving into the poop-ome - the trillions of bacteria that live inside our guts and make up what’s known as the microbiome. What's in there? What are they up to? And can you blame your stinky farts on your gut bacteria?

Jan 3

Jan 3 003 - Hunting Huntington's, Nobel viruses and spidergoats

Kat Arney

100 Ideas, History of genetics, Health, Genetic engineering, Microbes

In the latest episode of Genetics Unzipped, we hunt down the gene for Huntington’s disease, find out why a chicken virus has won three Nobel prizes, and discover the amazing science of spidergoats.