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Posted by Helena Jambor, on 20 June 2019
Of all the charts being ridiculed at WTFviz, many get shamed for their lack of a zero-baseline. When teaching DataViz, zero-baselines are invariably a topic of debate. The rules about ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 20 June 2019
We’re unravelling the story of the double helix, cracking the triplet code, and sketching out a Punnett square.Posted by Kat Arney, on 11 June 2019
Get lost in the Valley of Hybridisation in the Genetics Society’s medal-winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.Posted by Kat Arney, on 23 May 2019
We take the train with William Bateson, seek the secrets of snapdragons and build an army of MinIONs.Posted by Kat Arney, on 9 May 2019
In this episode of Genetics Unzipped we talk to pioneering geneticist George Church about his plans for the ‘Zero Dollar Genome.Posted by Kat Arney, on 8 May 2019
Everyone knows that humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes. But back in the 1930s, the correct answer would have been 24. So what happened?Posted by Kat Arney, on 30 March 2019
In this episode from our series exploring 100 ideas in genetics, we’re telling the often-overlooked stories of four women who helped to shape the science of life: Esther Lederberg, Harriet ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 20 March 2019
In this episode of Genetics Unzipped we have a very special interview with leading geneticist Mary-Claire King.Posted by Kat Arney, on 28 February 2019
In this episode from our series exploring 100 ideas in genetics, we’re entering the glamorous world of modelling, meeting the supermodels… of science. We’re taking a look at some of ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 23 February 2019
In this episode we’re looking at the genetics of failure – why we fail to lose weight thanks to our genes, and why ignoring genetic information and DNA diversity leads ...