Please fill out our listener survey at geneticsunzipped.com/survey before January 31stThis episode is all about the next generation, as we meet three up-and-coming scientists who have been supported by the Genetics Society, and learn all about

The battle for biology

Jan 11th, 2024 42m 54s

Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/surveyIn this episode, we talk to Greg Radick from the University of Leeds to explore the impact that Gregor Mend

2023 Unzipped

Dec 21st, 2023 35m 38s

Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/surveyAs 2023 draws to a close, we’re bringing you a smorgasbord of previously unaired clips from some of our fav

Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’

Dec 14th, 2023 37m 31s

Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/surveyWe discover how 500,000 whole genome from UK Biobank will help medical research, plumb the depths of the ‘d

40 years of HIV

Nov 30th, 2023 35m 12s

Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/surveyWith 2023 marking 40 years since the discovery of HIV, we're looking back over four decades of AIDS, from t

Dumb luck

Nov 16th, 2023 29m 15s

Author and science journalist Rebecca Coffey chats with us about some amazing adaptations and Darwinian delights from her book, Beyond Primates. She tells us about wasp facial recognition genes, how yeast epigenetics explain the Dutch Hunger Wi

Time of your life

Nov 2nd, 2023

In this episode we’re clocking in to chat about the genetics of circadian rhythms. How can molecules tell the time, why don’t we have drugs for jet lag yet and could a midnight snack stop malaria in its tracks?Full show notes, transcript and re

That's so extra

Oct 19th, 2023 32m 54s

We explore the weird and wonderful world of extrachromosomal DNA - what it is, what it does, and why it breaks the normal rules of inheritance.Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @Genet

Food for the future

Oct 5th, 2023 44m 29s

We’re finding out how plants adapt to a changing environment, and how we might be able to give them a helping hand so that we can keep feeding the world sustainably in the future. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnz

BONUS - Hormones: The Inside Story - Season 3

Sep 21st, 2023 40m 18s

In this bonus episode, we’re bringing you the third instalment of Hormones: The Inside Story, Season 3. This podcast is produced for the Society for Endocrinology by the same team behind Genetics Unzipped. Find it on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Sp

An Evolutionary Revolutionary

Sep 7th, 2023 31m 51s

We’re exploring the epic life of Alfred Russel Wallace; adventurer, naturalist and co-discoverer of natural selection. Biologist and author, Jim Costa, recounts the life of this often forgotten founding father of evolution.Full show notes, tran

Vax to the future

Aug 24th, 2023 33m 20s

We look at the science behind DNA and RNA vaccines - How do they work? What can they do? And how can they be made at scale so that more people around the world can benefit from them? With John Tregoning from Imperial College London, Christian O

Double helix double crossing

Aug 10th, 2023 52m 3s

Kat Arney chats with Professor Matthew Cobb about what really happened between James Watson, Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin during the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.Full show notes, transcript and references online at Gene

Making Big Science Happen

Jul 27th, 2023 26m 28s

We’re going behind the scenes at the Sanger Institute with Cordelia Langford, Director of Scientific Operations, to find out what it takes to make Big Science happen, and hear the stories behind the sequencing.Full show notes, transcript and re

Tracking COVID and tackling obesity

Jul 13th, 2023 32m 34s

We’re chatting with two of this year’s Genetics Society award winners - Cecilia Lindgren, who’s an expert on the genetics of obesity and metabolic disorders, and Lucy van Dorp, who has spent the past three years tracing the spread of SARS-CoV-2

Kings, car parks and consent

Jun 29th, 2023 28m 3s

We’re venturing into ancient territory and archaeological digs, excavating the complex ethics of extracting and sequencing DNA from human remains. We chat to Prof. Turi King about her role uncovering the body King Richard III and who decides wh

Da Vinci’s DNA

Jun 15th, 2023 25m 38s

We’re taking a journey into the world of art and artefacts, unearthing the genetic secrets of long-dead legends like Da Vinci, Van Gogh and Beethoven.Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter

Meet the DNA Detectives hunting the causes of cancer

Jun 1st, 2023 32m 48s

We’re chasing down the perpetrator of a scientific Whodunnit, joining the DNA detectives on the hunt for the causes of cancer.Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzipThis epis

Space invaders

May 18th, 2023 29m 8s

In this episode we’re going microscopic, exploring what tiny tardigrades can teach us about desiccation, vaccine delivery … and even space travel!Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @Ge

S609: Raiders of Noah’s Ark

May 4th, 2023 27m 12s

In this episode we’re becoming chromosomal criminals and learning about how researchers are stealing genes from the animal kingdom and using them to improve human health. From 13-lined ground squirrels teaching us how to recover from heart atta

BONUS Re-release

Apr 27th, 2023 28m 55s

To celebrate DNA Day, we are rereleasing an episode from series 3, called The Past, Present, and Future of the Human Genome Project, when Kat interviewed the director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute, Dr Eric Green about his w

Pop goes the genome!

Apr 20th, 2023 34m 16s

We take a leftfield look at public communication of genetics, exploring how the science of DNA turns up in popular culture from comics and music to cakes, with Great British Bake Off winner Syabira Yusoff.Full show notes, transcript and referen

Chris Hemsworth took a genetic test for Alzheimer's.

Apr 6th, 2023 37m 56s

We’re discussing Chris Hemsworth’s recent Alzheimer's risk findings and the pros and cons of direct-to-consumer DNA testing with genetic counsellor and host of the podcast DNA Today, Kira Dineen.Full show notes, transcript and references online

Bye-bye boys

Mar 23rd, 2023 36m 1s

We’re saying bye-bye to the boys, and exploring whether new gene technologies and climate change will make males extinct.Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzipThis episode o

GMO or GM NO?

Mar 9th, 2023 36m 50s

We're exploring the ethics and regulations of genome editing. What is allowed? What shouldn't be? And who should get to decide? Plus we explore a new exhibit on the topic that lets the public have their say.Full show notes, transcript and refer