DNA Today: A Genetics Podcast

Dan Faszczyk is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kolgene, a platform connecting clinicians with genetic labs around the world. His company streamlines the process of looking for labs, communicating with them and ordering the tests.The demand for genet

#63 Rare Disease Day 2017

Feb 28th, 2017 28m 11s

Today is Rare Disease Day! I attended the National Organization for Rare Disorders' (NORD) event in Hartford, Connecticut’s Legislative Building. I recap the event and feat

#62 Charlotte Keith on Cytogenetics

Feb 3rd, 2017 34m 8s

Cytogenetics is the field genetics at a cellular level, which means looking at chromosomes (bundles of DNA). Clinical Cytogeneticist, Charlotte Keith, discusses the areas of testing; acquired and constitutional, which is broken down into prenat

#61 Wes Wilson on Tumor Progression Epigenetics

Jan 20th, 2017 27m

Wesley Wilson discusses the epigenetic patterns in tumor progressing. He shares his expertise on pediatric cancer, how epigenetics differs between types of cancer, using e

#60 Dan Donovan on Onevoice

Jan 6th, 2017 30m 17s

Dan Donovan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Onevoice, a rare disease community building software solution. Onevoice provides a powerful encouragement and knowledge platform fo

#59 Scott Weissman on Genetic Counseling Private Practice

Dec 16th, 2016 28m

Scott Weissman, founder of Chicago Genetic Consultants, discussing being an entrepreneur and genetic counselor at his private practice along with the subfields of genetic counseling he focuses on including cardiogenetics, hereditary cancer, and

#58 Joanne Kamens on Gender Equality in Science

Dec 9th, 2016 27m 47s

Dr. Joanne Kamens discusses gender equality in work environments, specifically in scientific fields and how to have a successful career in science. We talk about the progress made so far, and how much more advances there are to be made. Trailbl

#57 Georgia Hurst on Lynch Syndrome

Nov 25th, 2016 31m 29s

Patient advocate, Georgia Hurst, shares about the hereditary cancer syndrome that she has, Lynch syndrome. It is an inherited disorder that increases the risk of many types

#56 Brianne Kirkpatrick on Ancestry Genetic Testing

Nov 18th, 2016 26m 44s

Genetic counselor Brianne Kirkpatrick discuss family health history in honor of November being it’s awareness month, what the public should know about direct-to-consumer tests, how ancestry genetic testing works, and insight on running a privat

#55 Sharon Begley on CRISPR, a BRCA Event

Nov 4th, 2016 31m 39s

Sharon Begley presented at UCONN about the invention and evolution of the CRISPR-CAS9 technology. After the event she joins me on the show to discuss how CRISPR technology is making huge advances in research with HIV/AIDS, sickle cell disease a

#54 NYS Regional Cytogenetics Meeting

Oct 18th, 2016 31m 29s

Four events in one episode! I cover the NYS Cytogenetics Regional Meeting I attending highlighting interesting points from presentations by Dr. Irene Cherric, Dr. Robert Hutchinson, Thomas Pope, Dr. Kazim R. Chohan, and Dr. Frank Middleton. I a

#53 Ginger Nichols on MotherToBaby

Oct 14th, 2016 26m 9s

http://mothertobaby.org/Genetic counselor, Ginger Nichols, shares about what the MotherToBaby service offers (1-860-679-6199 for CT), her role as a gene

#52 Charcot Marie Tooth Interview

Sep 23rd, 2016 28m 7s

hnf-cure.orgSeptember is national awareness month for Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)! It’s perfect timing for Bernadette Scarduzio and Allison Moore to educa

#51 Nevena Hristozova on Stress Proteins in Plants

Sep 16th, 2016 30m

Nevena Hristozova joins me on the show all the way from Brussels! She is in the field of research working with chaperones - stress related proteins, in plants under unfavorable environmental

#50 Dr. Melina Fan about Addgene

Aug 18th, 2016 28m 53s

Dr. Melina Fan joins me on the show to discuss plasmids. Dr. Fan is the Chief Scientific Officer and a co-founder of Addgene. Addgene is a nonprofit organization that operates a plasmid repo

#49 Brittany Gancarz on Prenatal Genetic Counseling

Jul 28th, 2016 31m 18s

Prenatal genetic counselor Brittany Gancarz talks about the field of genetic counseling, busts a few genetic counseling myths and announces a new genetic counseling program in Connecticut! She shares her expertise on genetic testing, what patie

#48 Dr. Ellen Elliott on lncRNAs and CRISPR

Jul 19th, 2016 32m 27s

Dr. Ellen Elliott discusses her research of lncRNAs in TH2 cells and asthma. One of the technologies she uses to study this is CRISPR, a genetic editing technology. CRISPR has hit the mainst

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May 29th, 2016

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#47 Sharon Turcotte on lncRNAs

May 19th, 2016 32m 10s

Sharon Turcotte did research on lncRNAs with Williams Lab at the Jackson Laborato

#46 DNA Day!

Apr 25th, 2016 27m 31s

National DNA Day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 and the discovery of the double helix of DNA in 1953. NHGRI began celebrating DNA Day annually on April

#45 Hole In The Wall Gang Camp

Apr 18th, 2016 28m 57s

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#44 CRISPR

Mar 29th, 2016 31m 20s

McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MITCRISPR is a genetic editing technology that will change the future of genetics. In the past 3 years it has b