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Genetics Unzipped podcast: Genetics by numbers

Posted by , on 20 June 2019

We’re unravelling the story of the double helix, cracking the triplet code, and sketching out a Punnett square.

Genetics Unzipped podcast: Up The Garden Path

Posted by , on 11 June 2019

Get lost in the Valley of Hybridisation in the Genetics Society’s medal-winning garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Genetics Unzipped podcast: The Seeds of a Great Idea

Posted by , on 23 May 2019

We take the train with William Bateson, seek the secrets of snapdragons and build an army of MinIONs.

Meeting report of the Cambridge Fly Club Symposium – Past, Present and Future of Drosophila Research

Posted by , on 10 May 2019

By Ghislain Gillard, Maria J. Gomez Lamarca, Robert Krautz, Rosa Park, David Salvador-Garcia, Yara Sanchez-Corrales and Jelle van den Ameele   On the 28th of January, the Cambridge Fly Club ...

Genetics Unzipped podcast: The Zero Dollar Genome

Posted by , 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.

Genetics Unzipped podcast: The case of the missing chromosomes

Posted by , 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?

Genetics Unzipped podcast: Darwin vs Mendel

Posted by , on 8 May 2019

In this episode of Genetics Unzipped we ask, what would have happened if Darwin had read Mendel? And what if they’d been on Twitter?

YTRB Network: Worldwide Bridges to Connect Young Tunisian Researchers in Biology

Posted by , on 4 May 2019

The Young Tunisian Researchers in Biology Network: Tunisia is suffering brain drain, especially post Tunisian-revolution (2011). Recent non-official reports say that over 90.000 senior quitted Tunisia since 2012, most of ...

One-day Symposium on Developmental Bioelectricity in Boston, MA – July 26th, 2019

Posted by , on 16 April 2019

A fundamental question in biology is how cells communicate to fashion and repair complex biological structures and tissues.  It is well established that cells communicate through biochemical cues.  However, compelling ...

Genetics Unzipped podcast: Not just 'the wife' - the overlooked stories of women in genetics

Posted by , 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 ...

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