Nov 18 Why don’t elephants get cancer? The curious case of TP53

Kat Arney

Animals, Evolution, Health, Cancer

A family trip to the zoo led Josh Schiffman to uncover the reason why elephants hardly ever develop cancer

Mar 25

Mar 25 Helen Pilcher: Genetically modified wolves, fainting goats and golden gnus, how humans are shaping species

Kat Arney

Animals, Evolution, Genetic engineering

Helen Pilcher explains how humans have shaped the evolutionary trajectories of the species living alongside us on the planet.

Mar 25

Mar 25 Bill Ritchie: The man who made Dolly the Sheep

Kat Arney

Animals, Genetic engineering

Bill Ritchie is the embryologist who carried out the cloning procedure that led to the creation of Dolly the Sheep.

Mar 25

Mar 25 Alex Ball: CSI Banteng - using genetics in conservation

Kat Arney

Animals, Evolution

Alex Ball, from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Wild Genes programme explains how genetics can be used to help conservation.

Feb 25

Feb 25 Elinor Karlsson: From wolves to dogs and back again

Kat Arney

Animals

Elinor Karlsson and her team are investigating what gives different breeds their distinctive traits and looking at how dog genes have changed with domestication.

Feb 25

Feb 25 Jessica Hekman: Is there a ‘good dog’ gene?

Kat Arney

Animals

How do genes influence dog brains and behaviour? And is there a gene for being a Very Good Dog?

Feb 25

Feb 25 Jeff Schoenebeck: Building a boopable snoot

Kat Arney

Animals, Health

Genetics have a big part to play in building a boopable snoot, from long-nosed greyhounds to flat-faced pugs.