Please fill out our listener survey at geneticsunzipped.com/survey before January 31st This 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 Bermuda skinks, the Black Death and life after a genetics PhD. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is created by First Create the Medi ..read more

Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/survey In this episode, we talk to Greg Radick from the University of Leeds to explore the impact that Gregor Mendel and his populariser William Bateson have had on the past century of genetics, and ask whether there could have been a more Weldonian view of the world. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arn ..read more

As 2023 draws to a close, we’re bringing you a smorgasbord of previously unaired clips from some of our favourite interviews this year. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page & Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of gen ..read more

With 2023 marking 40 years since the discovery of HIV, we're looking back over four decades of AIDS, from the earliest whispers of a mysterious new disease to fighting back against this deadly virus. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner in collaboration with Sally Le Page and with additional research by Miyako Rogers. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies de ..read more

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 Winter and a dinner party tale of spider cannibalism. Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genet ..read more

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 references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, tr ..read more

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 @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics ..read more

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 GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner. This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagemen ..read more

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, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode, Dr Sally Le Page investigates the role of genetics, ethnicity and maternal environment on type 2 diabetes, with our guests Dr Inês Cebola, Dr Shivani Misra and Dr Lorna Smith. This week, we investigate the role of genetics, ethnicity and maternal environment on type 2 diabetes, with our guests Dr ..read more

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, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com  Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzip This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page. This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training ..read more