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
100 Ideas
Jun 16, 2022
*Repost* Strands of life
Nov 5, 2020
S3.23 Heat, Stick, Duplicate, Repeat: The Story Of The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Oct 8, 2020
S321 From Philadelphia to Baltimore: Tales of Chromosomes, Cancer Cells and Henrietta Lacks
Sep 10, 2020
S3.19 Making Babies and Getting Organised: Celebrating Hilde Mangold and Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
Aug 13, 2020
S3.17 Rebel Cell: Cancer, evolution and the science of life
Jul 16, 2020
S3.15 Pimp My Genome: the wonderful world of epigenetics
Jun 18, 2020
S3.13 The Cancer Ladies: Maud Slye and Pauline Gross
May 21, 2020
S3.11 From one generation to the next: the life and work of Anne McLaren
Apr 23, 2020
S3.09 Twisted history: the true story of the double helix
Mar 26, 2020
S3.07 An accidental invention: the story of genetic fingerprinting
Feb 27, 2020
S3.05 - Poop, pus and the Manhattan Project: How we learned to spell the genetic alphabet
Jan 30, 2020
S3.03 - Fish, facts and fiction, from Haeckel’s embryos to Tiktaalik
Jan 2, 2020
S3.01 - Investigating the icons of evolution, from Darwin's Finches to the March of Progress
Nov 21, 2019
027 - Uprooting the tree of life: Darwin, DNA and de-extinction
Oct 24, 2019
025 - When 'Becky' met Bateson: Edith Rebecca Saunders, the mother of British plant genetics
Sep 26, 2019
023 Mergers and Acquisitions
Aug 15, 2019
020 Sex and Death
Jul 18, 2019
018 Cut. Paste. Pair. Repeat.
Jun 20, 2019
016 Genetics By Numbers
May 23, 2019
014 The Seeds of a Great Idea
Apr 25, 2019
012 - Strands of Life
Mar 28, 2019
010 - Not just 'the wife' - the overlooked stories of women in genetics
Feb 28, 2019
007 - Supermodels of science
Jan 31, 2019
005 - Vegetable soup
Jan 3, 2019
003 - Hunting Huntington's, Nobel viruses and spidergoats
Adelphi Genetics Forum
Animals
Jan 25, 2024
S6.27: Next Generation Sequence: Forging new paths in genetics
Nov 16, 2023
S6.22: Dumb luck: Amazing adaptations from happy little accidents
May 18, 2023
S6.10: Space invaders: The amazing adaptations of tardigrades
May 4, 2023
S6.09: Raiders of Noah’s Ark: Stealing genetic tricks from the animal kingdom
Mar 23, 2023
S6.06: Bye-bye boys: The genetics behind the extinction of males
Dec 15, 2022
S525: 2022 Unzipped
Dec 1, 2022
S5.24: Bats, boats and buried bodies: the hidden power of environmental DNA
Nov 17, 2022
S5.23: Birds and bees… and sardines: the genetics of animal behaviour
Oct 6, 2022
S5.20 Bread and fishes: the future of food in a changing climate
Aug 25, 2022
S5.17 Genetics of Society: How to be a queen bee
Jul 28, 2022
S5.15 Does size matter when it comes to your genes?
Jun 2, 2022
S5.11 When should you eat your relatives?
May 19, 2022
S5.10 Squid Game: the strange science of cephalopods
May 5, 2022
S5.09 Nature, Nurture and 'The Wobble'
Jan 13, 2022
S5.01 How the zebra got its stripes: When maths and molecules collide
Nov 18, 2021
S4.23 A menagerie of malignancy: Cancer across the animal kingdom
Oct 21, 2021
S4.21 Rarities and Oddities: the strangest genetics stories of 2021
Aug 12, 2021
S4.16 Direwolves and Denisovans: Uncovering the stories in ancient DNA
Jul 29, 2021
S4.15 Catching cancer: A story of devils, dogs and cannibal hamsters
Jul 1, 2021
S4.13 Six toed cats and cyclops lambs: The story of Sonic Hedgehog
May 20, 2021
S4.10 Creatures of the night: the genetics of bats
May 6, 2021
S4.09 Genes and giants - the science of big and small
Mar 25, 2021
S4.06: Giving nature a helping hand: how humans are shaping species
Feb 25, 2021
S4.04 - Dogology: The genetics of our four-legged friends
Nov 21, 2019
027 - Uprooting the tree of life: Darwin, DNA and de-extinction
Feb 28, 2019
007 - Supermodels of science
Jan 17, 2019
004 - Witness the fitness
Cancer
Dec 21, 2023
S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
Jun 1, 2023
S6.11: Meet the DNA Detectives hunting the causes of cancer
May 4, 2023
S6.09: Raiders of Noah’s Ark: Stealing genetic tricks from the animal kingdom
Dec 15, 2022
S525: 2022 Unzipped
Jun 23, 2022
S5.12 In the blood: using circulating DNA to detect and monitor cancer
Mar 24, 2022
S5.06 Introducing exosomes: exciting ideas for biological mailbags
Mar 10, 2022
S5.05 Sex and the Single Cell
Nov 18, 2021
S4.23 A menagerie of malignancy: Cancer across the animal kingdom
Jul 29, 2021
S4.15 Catching cancer: A story of devils, dogs and cannibal hamsters
Apr 22, 2021
S4.08 Making better medicines: unlocking the promise of genomics for drug discovery
Jan 28, 2021
S4.02 - 100 not out? Genes and ageing
Oct 8, 2020
S321 From Philadelphia to Baltimore: Tales of Chromosomes, Cancer Cells and Henrietta Lacks
Sep 24, 2020
S3.20 The Future of Cancer: How Genomics is Transforming Research and Treatment for All
Aug 13, 2020
S3.17 Rebel Cell: Cancer, evolution and the science of life
Nov 7, 2019
026 - The future is now: Curing HIV, advancing CRISPR therapies, predatory phages for superbug infections and advice for a healthy life
Sep 12, 2019
022 - Big Questions about the Big C
Developmental genetics
Mar 23, 2023
S6.06: Bye-bye boys: The genetics behind the extinction of males
Jan 12, 2023
S6.01 Baby brain, baby body: the genetics (and epigenetics) of reproduction
Aug 11, 2022
S5.16 Hap-pea 200th birthday, Mendel!
Jul 14, 2022
S5.14 Genes, brains and the mind: How much of your personality is encoded in your DNA?
Jun 30, 2022
S5.13 Genetics at your fingertips: stories from the science of identity
May 5, 2022
S5.09 Nature, Nurture and 'The Wobble'
Apr 7, 2022
S5.07 Face to face: The viruses that made us human
Mar 10, 2022
S5.05 Sex and the Single Cell
Jan 13, 2022
S5.01 How the zebra got its stripes: When maths and molecules collide
Oct 7, 2021
S4.20 Baby boom: The surprising science of the placenta
Sep 9, 2021
S4.18 Meet the Robinson Crusoe Islanders: the genetic roots of speech and language development
Jul 1, 2021
S4.13 Six toed cats and cyclops lambs: The story of Sonic Hedgehog
Sep 10, 2020
S3.19 Making Babies and Getting Organised: Celebrating Hilde Mangold and Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
Jul 16, 2020
S3.15 Pimp My Genome: the wonderful world of epigenetics
May 21, 2020
S3.11 From one generation to the next: the life and work of Anne McLaren
Jan 30, 2020
S3.03 - Fish, facts and fiction, from Haeckel’s embryos to Tiktaalik
Epigenetics
Nov 16, 2023
S6.22: Dumb luck: Amazing adaptations from happy little accidents
Oct 5, 2023
S6.19: Food for the future: Helping plants adapt to a changing world
Sep 21, 2023
BONUS Hormones: The Inside Story - Is my diabetes my fault?
Jan 12, 2023
S6.01 Baby brain, baby body: the genetics (and epigenetics) of reproduction
Aug 11, 2022
S5.16 Hap-pea 200th birthday, Mendel!
May 5, 2022
S5.09 Nature, Nurture and 'The Wobble'
Jul 16, 2020
S3.15 Pimp My Genome: the wonderful world of epigenetics
Episodes
Jan 11, 2024
S6.26: The battle for biology: How Mendel came to rule the world
Dec 14, 2023
S6.24: Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’
Nov 30, 2023
S6.23: 40 years of HIV: the disease that broke the rules
Nov 16, 2023
S6.22: Dumb luck: Amazing adaptations from happy little accidents
Nov 2, 2023
S6.21: Time of your life: how circadian rhythms shape the world
Oct 19, 2023
S6.20: That’s so extra: Exploring the weird world of extrachromosomal DNA
Oct 5, 2023
S6.19: Food for the future: Helping plants adapt to a changing world
Sep 7, 2023
S6.18: An Evolutionary Revolutionary: Alfred Russel Wallace and the discovery of natural selection
Aug 24, 2023
S6.17: Vax to the future: The science of DNA and RNA vaccines
Aug 10, 2023
S6.16 Double helix double crossing? What really happened between Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick?
Jul 27, 2023
S6.15: Cordelia Langford: Making Big Science Happen
Jul 13, 2023
S6.14: Tracking COVID and tackling obesity: Meet this year’s Genetics Society award winners
Jun 1, 2023
S6.11: Meet the DNA Detectives hunting the causes of cancer
Apr 27, 2023
BONUS Re-release S3.22 - The Past, Present and Future of the Human Genome Project
Mar 23, 2023
S6.06: Bye-bye boys: The genetics behind the extinction of males
Aug 11, 2022
S5.16 Hap-pea 200th birthday, Mendel!
Feb 10, 2022
S5.03 On Growth and Form: The extraordinary life and work of D'Arcy Thompson
Jan 27, 2022
S5.02 Breeding better humans: Exposing the dark legacy and troubling present of eugenics
Jan 6, 2022
S4.26 *Repost* Sex and death
Dec 16, 2021
S4.25 Best of 2021
Dec 2, 2021
S4.24 The Natural Lottery: How our genes shape our lives
Nov 18, 2021
S4.23 A menagerie of malignancy: Cancer across the animal kingdom
Nov 4, 2021
S4.22 Wired for sound: The genetics of music
Oct 21, 2021
S4.21 Rarities and Oddities: the strangest genetics stories of 2021
Oct 7, 2021
S4.20 Baby boom: The surprising science of the placenta
Sep 23, 2021
S4.19 Reading the book of life: A brief history of DNA sequencing
Sep 9, 2021
S4.18 Meet the Robinson Crusoe Islanders: the genetic roots of speech and language development
Aug 26, 2021
S4.17 Back to the beginning: Exploring the origins of life
Aug 12, 2021
S4.16 Direwolves and Denisovans: Uncovering the stories in ancient DNA
Jul 29, 2021
S4.15 Catching cancer: A story of devils, dogs and cannibal hamsters
Jul 15, 2021
S4.14 Genes for all: Making sure everyone benefits from genetics research
Jul 1, 2021
S4.13 Six toed cats and cyclops lambs: The story of Sonic Hedgehog
Jun 17, 2021
S4.12 Why me? Searching for genetic susceptibility to chronic fatigue syndrome and pain
Jun 3, 2021
S4.11 From genes to drugs to bugs: How genetic engineering is used to make medicines
May 20, 2021
S4.10 Creatures of the night: the genetics of bats
May 6, 2021
S4.09 Genes and giants - the science of big and small
Apr 22, 2021
S4.08 Making better medicines: unlocking the promise of genomics for drug discovery
Apr 8, 2021
S4.07 A brief history of CRISPR: how we learned to edit the genome
Mar 25, 2021
S4.06: Giving nature a helping hand: how humans are shaping species
Feb 25, 2021
S4.04 - Dogology: The genetics of our four-legged friends
Feb 11, 2021
S4.03 - A dominant character: The life of JBS Haldane
Jan 28, 2021
S4.02 - 100 not out? Genes and ageing
Jan 14, 2021
S4.01 Genes and Vaccines: Where mRNA COVID-19 vaccines came from and how they work
Jan 7, 2021
S3.28 *Repost* Chimps, cancer genes and missing kids: An interview with Mary-Claire King
Dec 31, 2020
S3.27 *Repost* Not just the wife
Dec 17, 2020
S3.26 *Repost* When 'Becky' met Bateson: Edith Rebecca Saunders, the mother of British plant genetics
Dec 10, 2020
S3.25 *Repost* Uprooting the tree of life: Darwin, DNA and de-extinction
Nov 19, 2020
S3.24 Best bits of 2020
Nov 5, 2020
S3.23 Heat, Stick, Duplicate, Repeat: The Story Of The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Oct 22, 2020
S3.22 The Past, Present and Future of the Human Genome Project
Oct 8, 2020
S321 From Philadelphia to Baltimore: Tales of Chromosomes, Cancer Cells and Henrietta Lacks
Sep 24, 2020
S3.20 The Future of Cancer: How Genomics is Transforming Research and Treatment for All
Sep 10, 2020
S3.19 Making Babies and Getting Organised: Celebrating Hilde Mangold and Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
Aug 27, 2020
S3.18 Rare, Well Done: Progress and challenges in rare genetic disorders
Aug 13, 2020
S3.17 Rebel Cell: Cancer, evolution and the science of life
Jul 30, 2020
S3.16 Sickness and susceptibility: The ancient war between genes and disease
Jul 16, 2020
S3.15 Pimp My Genome: the wonderful world of epigenetics
Jul 2, 2020
S3.14 The eyes have it: From genetics to gene therapy
Jun 18, 2020
S3.13 The Cancer Ladies: Maud Slye and Pauline Gross
Jun 4, 2020
S3.12 Out Standing in the Field: the highs and lows of genetics fieldwork
May 21, 2020
S3.11 From one generation to the next: the life and work of Anne McLaren
May 7, 2020
S3.10 Out of Africa: uncovering history and diversity in the human genome
Apr 23, 2020
S3.09 Twisted history: the true story of the double helix
Apr 9, 2020
S3.08 Nothing about me without me: involving patients in genomic research
Mar 26, 2020
S3.07 An accidental invention: the story of genetic fingerprinting
Mar 12, 2020
S3.06 Can you have a 'perfect genome'? Myths and misconceptions in genomics
Feb 27, 2020
S3.05 - Poop, pus and the Manhattan Project: How we learned to spell the genetic alphabet
Feb 13, 2020
S3.04 Race to the Bottom
Jan 30, 2020
S3.03 - Fish, facts and fiction, from Haeckel’s embryos to Tiktaalik
Jan 16, 2020
S3.02 - Hidden family secrets revealed by genetic testing
Jan 2, 2020
S3.01 - Investigating the icons of evolution, from Darwin's Finches to the March of Progress
Dec 19, 2019
S2.07 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Turi King
Dec 19, 2019
S2.06 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe
Dec 19, 2019
S2.05 New Light on Old Britons - Dr Lara Cassidy
Dec 19, 2019
S2.04 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Sir Walter Bodmer
Dec 19, 2019
S2.03 New Light on Old Britons - Dr Silvia Bello
Dec 19, 2019
S2.02 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Ian Barnes and Dr Selina Brace
Dec 19, 2019
S2.01 New Light on Old Britons - Galton Institute Symposium 2019 - Nick Ashton
Dec 5, 2019
028 - Sperm wars, sneaky sheep, substandard stallions and more
Nov 21, 2019
027 - Uprooting the tree of life: Darwin, DNA and de-extinction
Nov 7, 2019
026 - The future is now: Curing HIV, advancing CRISPR therapies, predatory phages for superbug infections and advice for a healthy life
Oct 24, 2019
025 - When 'Becky' met Bateson: Edith Rebecca Saunders, the mother of British plant genetics
Oct 10, 2019
024 - Exploring the Poop-ome, from the microbiome to metagenomics
Sep 26, 2019
023 Mergers and Acquisitions
Sep 12, 2019
022 - Big Questions about the Big C
Aug 29, 2019
021 In case you missed it...
Aug 15, 2019
020 Sex and Death
Aug 1, 2019
019 - The Genetic Time Machine
Jul 18, 2019
018 Cut. Paste. Pair. Repeat.
Jul 4, 2019
017 Happy 100th Birthday To Us
Jun 20, 2019
016 Genetics By Numbers
Jun 6, 2019
015 Up the Garden Path
May 23, 2019
014 The Seeds of a Great Idea
May 9, 2019
013 The Zero Dollar Genome
Apr 25, 2019
012 - Strands of Life
Apr 11, 2019
011 - Darwin vs Mendel
Mar 28, 2019
010 - Not just 'the wife' - the overlooked stories of women in genetics
Mar 14, 2019
009 - Chimps, cancer genes and missing kids
Mar 4, 2019
008 - Getting ready for genomic medicine
Feb 28, 2019
007 - Supermodels of science
Ethics
Dec 21, 2023
S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
Jun 29, 2023
S6.13: Kings, car parks and consent: should we sequence DNA from human remains?
Jun 15, 2023
S6.12: Da Vinci’s DNA: What happens when genetics meets art
Apr 6, 2023
S6.07: Chris Hemsworth took a genetic test for Alzheimer's. Should you?
Mar 9, 2023
S6.05: GMO or GM NO? The ethics and realities of genome editing
Nov 27, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Michele Goodwin
Nov 26, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Joe Cain
Nov 25, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Anneke Lucassen
Nov 24, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Brian Donovan
Nov 23, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Adam Rutherford
Nov 22, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Elaine Riddick
Nov 21, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Turi King
Sep 8, 2022
S5.18 The Genesis Machine
Apr 21, 2022
S5.08 Have a heart: the science of xenotransplantation
Feb 24, 2022
S5.04 Genetics of the Americas: from migration to the modern day
Jan 27, 2022
S5.02 Breeding better humans: Exposing the dark legacy and troubling present of eugenics
Jan 6, 2022
S4.26 *Repost* Sex and death
Jul 15, 2021
S4.14 Genes for all: Making sure everyone benefits from genetics research
Evolution
Jan 25, 2024
S6.27: Next Generation Sequence: Forging new paths in genetics
Nov 16, 2023
S6.22: Dumb luck: Amazing adaptations from happy little accidents
Sep 7, 2023
S6.18: An Evolutionary Revolutionary: Alfred Russel Wallace and the discovery of natural selection
May 18, 2023
S6.10: Space invaders: The amazing adaptations of tardigrades
May 4, 2023
S6.09: Raiders of Noah’s Ark: Stealing genetic tricks from the animal kingdom
Mar 23, 2023
S6.06: Bye-bye boys: The genetics behind the extinction of males
Jan 26, 2023
S6.02: Would you Adam and Eve it? In search of our earliest genetic ancestors
Nov 17, 2022
S5.23: Birds and bees… and sardines: the genetics of animal behaviour
Nov 3, 2022
S5.22 Little Shop of Genetic Horrors: the evolution of carnivorous plants
Oct 20, 2022
S5.21 Past to present: Searching for evolutionary stories in ancient DNA
Sep 22, 2022
S5.19 Let there be light: the origins of photosynthesis
Aug 25, 2022
S5.17 Genetics of Society: How to be a queen bee
Jun 2, 2022
S5.11 When should you eat your relatives?
May 19, 2022
S5.10 Squid Game: the strange science of cephalopods
Feb 24, 2022
S5.04 Genetics of the Americas: from migration to the modern day
Feb 10, 2022
S5.03 On Growth and Form: The extraordinary life and work of D'Arcy Thompson
Jan 13, 2022
S5.01 How the zebra got its stripes: When maths and molecules collide
Jan 6, 2022
S4.26 *Repost* Sex and death
Nov 18, 2021
S4.23 A menagerie of malignancy: Cancer across the animal kingdom
Oct 21, 2021
S4.21 Rarities and Oddities: the strangest genetics stories of 2021
Aug 26, 2021
S4.17 Back to the beginning: Exploring the origins of life
Aug 12, 2021
S4.16 Direwolves and Denisovans: Uncovering the stories in ancient DNA
Jul 1, 2021
S4.13 Six toed cats and cyclops lambs: The story of Sonic Hedgehog
May 20, 2021
S4.10 Creatures of the night: the genetics of bats
May 6, 2021
S4.09 Genes and giants - the science of big and small
Mar 25, 2021
S4.06: Giving nature a helping hand: how humans are shaping species
Dec 10, 2020
S3.25 *Repost* Uprooting the tree of life: Darwin, DNA and de-extinction
Aug 13, 2020
S3.17 Rebel Cell: Cancer, evolution and the science of life
Jul 30, 2020
S3.16 Sickness and susceptibility: The ancient war between genes and disease
May 7, 2020
S3.10 Out of Africa: uncovering history and diversity in the human genome
Jan 2, 2020
S3.01 - Investigating the icons of evolution, from Darwin's Finches to the March of Progress
Dec 5, 2019
028 - Sperm wars, sneaky sheep, substandard stallions and more
Nov 21, 2019
027 - Uprooting the tree of life: Darwin, DNA and de-extinction
Aug 15, 2019
020 Sex and Death
Apr 11, 2019
011 - Darwin vs Mendel
Jan 17, 2019
004 - Witness the fitness
Extra info
Genetic engineering
Dec 21, 2023
S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
Oct 5, 2023
S6.19: Food for the future: Helping plants adapt to a changing world
Aug 24, 2023
S6.17: Vax to the future: The science of DNA and RNA vaccines
May 18, 2023
S6.10: Space invaders: The amazing adaptations of tardigrades
Mar 9, 2023
S6.05: GMO or GM NO? The ethics and realities of genome editing
Dec 15, 2022
S525: 2022 Unzipped
Nov 3, 2022
S5.22 Little Shop of Genetic Horrors: the evolution of carnivorous plants
Oct 6, 2022
S5.20 Bread and fishes: the future of food in a changing climate
Sep 8, 2022
S5.18 The Genesis Machine
Apr 21, 2022
S5.08 Have a heart: the science of xenotransplantation
Apr 7, 2022
S5.07 Face to face: The viruses that made us human
Mar 24, 2022
S5.06 Introducing exosomes: exciting ideas for biological mailbags
Oct 21, 2021
S4.21 Rarities and Oddities: the strangest genetics stories of 2021
Aug 26, 2021
S4.17 Back to the beginning: Exploring the origins of life
Jun 3, 2021
S4.11 From genes to drugs to bugs: How genetic engineering is used to make medicines
Apr 22, 2021
S4.08 Making better medicines: unlocking the promise of genomics for drug discovery
Apr 8, 2021
S4.07 A brief history of CRISPR: how we learned to edit the genome
Mar 25, 2021
S4.06: Giving nature a helping hand: how humans are shaping species
Nov 21, 2019
027 - Uprooting the tree of life: Darwin, DNA and de-extinction
Nov 7, 2019
026 - The future is now: Curing HIV, advancing CRISPR therapies, predatory phages for superbug infections and advice for a healthy life
Sep 26, 2019
023 Mergers and Acquisitions
Jan 3, 2019
003 - Hunting Huntington's, Nobel viruses and spidergoats
Genetic testing
Dec 21, 2023
S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
Dec 14, 2023
S6.24: Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’
Jun 29, 2023
S6.13: Kings, car parks and consent: should we sequence DNA from human remains?
Apr 6, 2023
S6.07: Chris Hemsworth took a genetic test for Alzheimer's. Should you?
Feb 23, 2023
S6.04: The diagnostic odyssey: A journey into genetic testing for rare diseases
Dec 1, 2022
S5.24: Bats, boats and buried bodies: the hidden power of environmental DNA
Aug 11, 2022
S5.16 Hap-pea 200th birthday, Mendel!
Jun 30, 2022
S5.13 Genetics at your fingertips: stories from the science of identity
Jun 23, 2022
S5.12 In the blood: using circulating DNA to detect and monitor cancer
Mar 12, 2020
S3.06 Can you have a 'perfect genome'? Myths and misconceptions in genomics
Jan 16, 2020
S3.02 - Hidden family secrets revealed by genetic testing
Aug 1, 2019
019 - The Genetic Time Machine
May 9, 2019
013 The Zero Dollar Genome
Mar 4, 2019
008 - Getting ready for genomic medicine
Genetics Shambles
Dec 24, 2020
Genetics Shambles 12: 9 Lessons and Carols for Socially Distanced People
Nov 26, 2020
Genetics Shambles 11: In conversation with Prof Steve Jones
Nov 12, 2020
Genetics Shambles 10: In conversation with Prof Aoife McLysaght
Oct 29, 2020
Genetics Shambles 9: The ethics of genetics
Oct 15, 2020
Genetics Shambles 8: New genetic technologies
Oct 1, 2020
Genetics Shambles 7: COVID expert panel 3
Sep 17, 2020
Genetics Shambles 6: Dealing with pathogens
Sep 3, 2020
Genetics Shambles 5: The evolution of cancer
Aug 20, 2020
Genetics Shambles 4: The sequence of everything
Aug 6, 2020
Genetics Shambles 3: Humans - Evolved and evolving
Jul 23, 2020
Genetics Shambles 2: A guide to the human genome
Jul 9, 2020
Genetics Shambles 1: COVID-19 and Learning from the Past
Genomics
Health
Jan 25, 2024
S6.27: Next Generation Sequence: Forging new paths in genetics
Dec 21, 2023
S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
Dec 14, 2023
S6.24: Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’
Nov 30, 2023
S6.23: 40 years of HIV: the disease that broke the rules
Nov 2, 2023
S6.21: Time of your life: how circadian rhythms shape the world
Oct 19, 2023
S6.20: That’s so extra: Exploring the weird world of extrachromosomal DNA
Sep 21, 2023
BONUS Hormones: The Inside Story - Is my diabetes my fault?
Aug 24, 2023
S6.17: Vax to the future: The science of DNA and RNA vaccines
Jul 27, 2023
S6.15: Cordelia Langford: Making Big Science Happen
Jul 13, 2023
S6.14: Tracking COVID and tackling obesity: Meet this year’s Genetics Society award winners
Jun 15, 2023
S6.12: Da Vinci’s DNA: What happens when genetics meets art
Jun 1, 2023
S6.11: Meet the DNA Detectives hunting the causes of cancer
Apr 6, 2023
S6.07: Chris Hemsworth took a genetic test for Alzheimer's. Should you?
Mar 9, 2023
S6.05: GMO or GM NO? The ethics and realities of genome editing
Feb 23, 2023
S6.04: The diagnostic odyssey: A journey into genetic testing for rare diseases
Jan 12, 2023
S6.01 Baby brain, baby body: the genetics (and epigenetics) of reproduction
Oct 20, 2022
S5.21 Past to present: Searching for evolutionary stories in ancient DNA
Jul 14, 2022
S5.14 Genes, brains and the mind: How much of your personality is encoded in your DNA?
Jun 23, 2022
S5.12 In the blood: using circulating DNA to detect and monitor cancer
Apr 21, 2022
S5.08 Have a heart: the science of xenotransplantation
Mar 24, 2022
S5.06 Introducing exosomes: exciting ideas for biological mailbags
Mar 10, 2022
S5.05 Sex and the Single Cell
Dec 2, 2021
S4.24 The Natural Lottery: How our genes shape our lives
Nov 18, 2021
S4.23 A menagerie of malignancy: Cancer across the animal kingdom
Nov 11, 2021
Bonus: Hormones: The Inside Story - Will taking hormones make me taller?
Nov 4, 2021
S4.22 Wired for sound: The genetics of music
Oct 7, 2021
S4.20 Baby boom: The surprising science of the placenta
Sep 9, 2021
S4.18 Meet the Robinson Crusoe Islanders: the genetic roots of speech and language development
Jul 29, 2021
S4.15 Catching cancer: A story of devils, dogs and cannibal hamsters
Jul 15, 2021
S4.14 Genes for all: Making sure everyone benefits from genetics research
Jul 1, 2021
S4.13 Six toed cats and cyclops lambs: The story of Sonic Hedgehog
Jun 17, 2021
S4.12 Why me? Searching for genetic susceptibility to chronic fatigue syndrome and pain
Jun 3, 2021
S4.11 From genes to drugs to bugs: How genetic engineering is used to make medicines
Apr 22, 2021
S4.08 Making better medicines: unlocking the promise of genomics for drug discovery
Mar 11, 2021
S4.05: How to be a superhero: the hidden powers within your genes
Jan 28, 2021
S4.02 - 100 not out? Genes and ageing
Jan 14, 2021
S4.01 Genes and Vaccines: Where mRNA COVID-19 vaccines came from and how they work
Oct 8, 2020
S321 From Philadelphia to Baltimore: Tales of Chromosomes, Cancer Cells and Henrietta Lacks
Sep 24, 2020
S3.20 The Future of Cancer: How Genomics is Transforming Research and Treatment for All
Aug 27, 2020
S3.18 Rare, Well Done: Progress and challenges in rare genetic disorders
Aug 13, 2020
S3.17 Rebel Cell: Cancer, evolution and the science of life
Jul 30, 2020
S3.16 Sickness and susceptibility: The ancient war between genes and disease
Jul 2, 2020
S3.14 The eyes have it: From genetics to gene therapy
Apr 9, 2020
S3.08 Nothing about me without me: involving patients in genomic research
Mar 12, 2020
S3.06 Can you have a 'perfect genome'? Myths and misconceptions in genomics
Jan 16, 2020
S3.02 - Hidden family secrets revealed by genetic testing
Nov 7, 2019
026 - The future is now: Curing HIV, advancing CRISPR therapies, predatory phages for superbug infections and advice for a healthy life
Oct 10, 2019
024 - Exploring the Poop-ome, from the microbiome to metagenomics
Sep 12, 2019
022 - Big Questions about the Big C
Mar 4, 2019
008 - Getting ready for genomic medicine
Feb 14, 2019
006 - Big fat failure
Jan 3, 2019
003 - Hunting Huntington's, Nobel viruses and spidergoats
Dec 20, 2018
002 - Behind the scenes at the Christmas Lectures
History of genetics
Jan 11, 2024
S6.26: The battle for biology: How Mendel came to rule the world
Oct 19, 2023
S6.20: That’s so extra: Exploring the weird world of extrachromosomal DNA
Sep 7, 2023
S6.18: An Evolutionary Revolutionary: Alfred Russel Wallace and the discovery of natural selection
Aug 10, 2023
S6.16 Double helix double crossing? What really happened between Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick?
Jul 27, 2023
S6.15: Cordelia Langford: Making Big Science Happen
Jun 15, 2023
S6.12: Da Vinci’s DNA: What happens when genetics meets art
Apr 27, 2023
BONUS Re-release S3.22 - The Past, Present and Future of the Human Genome Project
Nov 27, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Michele Goodwin
Nov 26, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Joe Cain
Nov 25, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Anneke Lucassen
Nov 24, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Brian Donovan
Nov 23, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Adam Rutherford
Nov 22, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Elaine Riddick
Nov 21, 2022
Living with the Eugenic Past: Turi King
Oct 20, 2022
S5.21 Past to present: Searching for evolutionary stories in ancient DNA
Aug 11, 2022
S5.16 Hap-pea 200th birthday, Mendel!
Jul 28, 2022
S5.15 Does size matter when it comes to your genes?
Jun 16, 2022
*Repost* Strands of life
Feb 10, 2022
S5.03 On Growth and Form: The extraordinary life and work of D'Arcy Thompson
Jan 27, 2022
S5.02 Breeding better humans: Exposing the dark legacy and troubling present of eugenics
Jan 13, 2022
S5.01 How the zebra got its stripes: When maths and molecules collide
Jan 6, 2022
S4.26 *Repost* Sex and death
Sep 23, 2021
S4.19 Reading the book of life: A brief history of DNA sequencing
Aug 26, 2021
S4.17 Back to the beginning: Exploring the origins of life
Apr 8, 2021
S4.07 A brief history of CRISPR: how we learned to edit the genome
Feb 11, 2021
S4.03 - A dominant character: The life of JBS Haldane
Jan 14, 2021
S4.01 Genes and Vaccines: Where mRNA COVID-19 vaccines came from and how they work
Dec 31, 2020
S3.27 *Repost* Not just the wife
Dec 17, 2020
S3.26 *Repost* When 'Becky' met Bateson: Edith Rebecca Saunders, the mother of British plant genetics
Nov 5, 2020
S3.23 Heat, Stick, Duplicate, Repeat: The Story Of The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Oct 8, 2020
S321 From Philadelphia to Baltimore: Tales of Chromosomes, Cancer Cells and Henrietta Lacks
Sep 10, 2020
S3.19 Making Babies and Getting Organised: Celebrating Hilde Mangold and Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
May 21, 2020
S3.11 From one generation to the next: the life and work of Anne McLaren
Apr 23, 2020
S3.09 Twisted history: the true story of the double helix
Mar 26, 2020
S3.07 An accidental invention: the story of genetic fingerprinting
Feb 27, 2020
S3.05 - Poop, pus and the Manhattan Project: How we learned to spell the genetic alphabet
Jan 30, 2020
S3.03 - Fish, facts and fiction, from Haeckel’s embryos to Tiktaalik
Jan 2, 2020
S3.01 - Investigating the icons of evolution, from Darwin's Finches to the March of Progress
Oct 24, 2019
025 - When 'Becky' met Bateson: Edith Rebecca Saunders, the mother of British plant genetics
Sep 26, 2019
023 Mergers and Acquisitions
Aug 15, 2019
020 Sex and Death
Jul 18, 2019
018 Cut. Paste. Pair. Repeat.
Jun 20, 2019
016 Genetics By Numbers
May 23, 2019
014 The Seeds of a Great Idea
Apr 25, 2019
012 - Strands of Life
Apr 11, 2019
011 - Darwin vs Mendel
Mar 28, 2019
010 - Not just 'the wife' - the overlooked stories of women in genetics
Feb 28, 2019
007 - Supermodels of science
Jan 31, 2019
005 - Vegetable soup
Jan 3, 2019
003 - Hunting Huntington's, Nobel viruses and spidergoats
Human origins
Jan 25, 2024
S6.27: Next Generation Sequence: Forging new paths in genetics
Nov 16, 2023
S6.22: Dumb luck: Amazing adaptations from happy little accidents
Oct 19, 2023
S6.20: That’s so extra: Exploring the weird world of extrachromosomal DNA
Jun 29, 2023
S6.13: Kings, car parks and consent: should we sequence DNA from human remains?
Jan 26, 2023
S6.02: Would you Adam and Eve it? In search of our earliest genetic ancestors
Oct 20, 2022
S5.21 Past to present: Searching for evolutionary stories in ancient DNA
Apr 7, 2022
S5.07 Face to face: The viruses that made us human
Feb 24, 2022
S5.04 Genetics of the Americas: from migration to the modern day
May 7, 2020
S3.10 Out of Africa: uncovering history and diversity in the human genome
Feb 13, 2020
S3.04 Race to the Bottom
Dec 19, 2019
S2.07 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Turi King
Dec 19, 2019
S2.06 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe
Dec 19, 2019
S2.05 New Light on Old Britons - Dr Lara Cassidy
Dec 19, 2019
S2.04 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Sir Walter Bodmer
Dec 19, 2019
S2.03 New Light on Old Britons - Dr Silvia Bello
Dec 19, 2019
S2.02 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Ian Barnes and Dr Selina Brace
Dec 19, 2019
S2.01 New Light on Old Britons - Galton Institute Symposium 2019 - Nick Ashton
Aug 1, 2019
019 - The Genetic Time Machine
Dec 20, 2018
002 - Behind the scenes at the Christmas Lectures
Microbes
Jan 25, 2024
S6.27: Next Generation Sequence: Forging new paths in genetics
Dec 21, 2023
S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
Nov 30, 2023
S6.23: 40 years of HIV: the disease that broke the rules
Nov 16, 2023
S6.22: Dumb luck: Amazing adaptations from happy little accidents
Nov 2, 2023
S6.21: Time of your life: how circadian rhythms shape the world
Oct 19, 2023
S6.20: That’s so extra: Exploring the weird world of extrachromosomal DNA
Oct 5, 2023
S6.19: Food for the future: Helping plants adapt to a changing world
Jul 13, 2023
S6.14: Tracking COVID and tackling obesity: Meet this year’s Genetics Society award winners
Sep 8, 2022
S5.18 The Genesis Machine
May 19, 2022
S5.10 Squid Game: the strange science of cephalopods
Oct 21, 2021
S4.21 Rarities and Oddities: the strangest genetics stories of 2021
Oct 10, 2019
024 - Exploring the Poop-ome, from the microbiome to metagenomics
Jan 3, 2019
003 - Hunting Huntington's, Nobel viruses and spidergoats
New Light on Old Britons
News
Plants
Jan 11, 2024
S6.26: The battle for biology: How Mendel came to rule the world
Dec 21, 2023
S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
Nov 2, 2023
S6.21: Time of your life: how circadian rhythms shape the world
Oct 5, 2023
S6.19: Food for the future: Helping plants adapt to a changing world
Mar 9, 2023
S6.05: GMO or GM NO? The ethics and realities of genome editing
Dec 15, 2022
S525: 2022 Unzipped
Nov 3, 2022
S5.22 Little Shop of Genetic Horrors: the evolution of carnivorous plants
Oct 6, 2022
S5.20 Bread and fishes: the future of food in a changing climate
Sep 22, 2022
S5.19 Let there be light: the origins of photosynthesis
Jun 6, 2019
015 Up the Garden Path
May 23, 2019
014 The Seeds of a Great Idea
Feb 28, 2019
007 - Supermodels of science
Jan 31, 2019
005 - Vegetable soup
Science Communication
Specials
Dec 21, 2023
S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
Sep 21, 2023
BONUS Hormones: The Inside Story - Is my diabetes my fault?
Apr 27, 2023
BONUS Re-release S3.22 - The Past, Present and Future of the Human Genome Project
Nov 11, 2021
Bonus: Hormones: The Inside Story - Will taking hormones make me taller?
Dec 3, 2020
Are my hormones making me fat? Hormones: The Inside Story
Dec 19, 2019
S2.07 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Turi King
Dec 19, 2019
S2.06 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe
Dec 19, 2019
S2.05 New Light on Old Britons - Dr Lara Cassidy
Dec 19, 2019
S2.04 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Sir Walter Bodmer
Dec 19, 2019
S2.03 New Light on Old Britons - Dr Silvia Bello
Dec 19, 2019
S2.02 New Light on Old Britons - Professor Ian Barnes and Dr Selina Brace
Suffrage Science
Women in genetics
Jan 25, 2024
S6.27: Next Generation Sequence: Forging new paths in genetics
Dec 21, 2023
S6.25: 2023 Unzipped
Oct 5, 2023
S6.19: Food for the future: Helping plants adapt to a changing world
Aug 10, 2023
S6.16 Double helix double crossing? What really happened between Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick?
Jul 27, 2023
S6.15: Cordelia Langford: Making Big Science Happen
Jul 13, 2023
S6.14: Tracking COVID and tackling obesity: Meet this year’s Genetics Society award winners
Jun 16, 2022
*Repost* Strands of life
Jan 7, 2021
S3.28 *Repost* Chimps, cancer genes and missing kids: An interview with Mary-Claire King
Dec 31, 2020
S3.27 *Repost* Not just the wife
Dec 17, 2020
S3.26 *Repost* When 'Becky' met Bateson: Edith Rebecca Saunders, the mother of British plant genetics
Sep 10, 2020
S3.19 Making Babies and Getting Organised: Celebrating Hilde Mangold and Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
May 21, 2020
S3.11 From one generation to the next: the life and work of Anne McLaren
Oct 24, 2019
025 - When 'Becky' met Bateson: Edith Rebecca Saunders, the mother of British plant genetics
Sep 26, 2019
023 Mergers and Acquisitions
Jul 18, 2019
018 Cut. Paste. Pair. Repeat.
Jun 20, 2019
016 Genetics By Numbers
Apr 25, 2019
012 - Strands of Life
Mar 28, 2019
010 - Not just 'the wife' - the overlooked stories of women in genetics
Mar 14, 2019
009 - Chimps, cancer genes and missing kids
