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Posted by Kat Arney, on 21 December 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, we’re bringing you a smorgasbord of previously unaired clips from some of our favourite interviews this year.Posted by Kat Arney, on 14 December 2023
We discover how 500,000 whole genome from UK Biobank will help medical research, plumb the depths of the ‘dark genome’ with Nucleome, and Larry Moran tells us how much of ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 1 December 2023
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 ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 16 November 2023
In the latest episode of the Genetics Unzipped podcast, author and science journalist Rebecca Coffey chats with us about some amazing adaptations and Darwinian delights from her book, Beyond Primates. ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 2 November 2023
In the latest episode of the Genetics Unzipped podcast, we’re clocking in to chat about the genetics of circadian rhythms. How can molecules tell the time, why don’t we have ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 19 October 2023
In the latest episode of the Genetics Unzipped podcast, we’re exploring the weird and wonderful world of extrachromosomal DNA - what it is, what it does, and why it breaks ...Posted by tomoko Watanabe, on 5 October 2023
In June of this year, five secondary school teachers who teach BTEC and A levels students from Wales and Oxfordshire spent a week with us at the Department of Physiology ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 5 October 2023
We’re finding out how plants adapt to a changing environment, and how we might be able to give them a helping hand.Posted by Kat Arney, on 7 September 2023
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 ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 24 August 2023
In the latest episode of the Genetics Unzipped podcast, we're going "Vax to the Future" to look at the science behind DNA and RNA vaccines. How do they work? What ...