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

Archive

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
- 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
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
- Dec 14, 2023 S6.24: Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’
- May 18, 2023 S6.10: Space invaders: The amazing adaptations of tardigrades
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
- 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’
- Apr 27, 2023 BONUS Re-release S3.22 - The Past, Present and Future of the Human Genome Project
- Feb 23, 2023 S6.04: The diagnostic odyssey: A journey into genetic testing for rare diseases
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
- 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
News
- Nov 30, 2023 S6.23: 40 years of HIV: the disease that broke the rules
- Apr 27, 2023 BONUS Re-release S3.22 - The Past, Present and Future of the Human Genome Project
- Apr 20, 2023 S6.08: Pop goes the genome! Genetics in popular culture
- Apr 6, 2023 S6.07: Chris Hemsworth took a genetic test for Alzheimer's. Should you?
- Feb 9, 2023 S6.03: Confident, competent or confused: What do you think you know about genetics?
- Nov 27, 2018 Coming soon... Genetics Unzipped - a new science podcast exploring the world of DNA, genes and genomes
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
- Apr 20, 2023 S6.08: Pop goes the genome! Genetics in popular culture
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
- Apr 1, 2021 Suffrage Science: Dr Tamsin Edwards
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