Mendelspod Podcast
The 21st is the Century of Biology. A radical advancement in the knowledge of basic biology and human disease is transforming our world. We interview the heroes beneath the headlines.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 505
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
March 2019 with Nathan and Laura: Old Envelopes, Wooly Mammoth DNA, and the Night King
From recovering DNA on hundred year old envelopes to bringing it to life from 28,000 year old wooly mammoth samples, it's our genomics version of March Madness. Join Theral, Nathan and Laura for ano…
00:44:00 |
Fri 29 Mar 2019
Single Cell Analysis Shows Important New Detail in Key Clinical Study of AML: Koichi Takahashi, MD Anderson
The history of biomedicine goes something like this:
A new tool is invented. 2. New tool is used in research labs to generate new data and new hypotheses. There is new science. 3. New tool is use…
A new tool is invented. 2. New tool is used in research labs to generate new data and new hypotheses. There is new science. 3. New tool is use…
00:29:48 |
Thu 21 Mar 2019
Science Communication in a Post Fact World with Erik Clausen
"That’s fake news!”
We hear it all the time. And often it is said about scientific facts, for example, recent studies or evidence of global warming. Or the safeness of vaccines. But has the problem…
We hear it all the time. And often it is said about scientific facts, for example, recent studies or evidence of global warming. Or the safeness of vaccines. But has the problem…
00:26:50 |
Wed 06 Mar 2019
February 2019 Review with Nathan and Laura: Family Surprises, IQ Profiling, and Chinese Surveillance
Our two favorite commentators are back for our February 2019 month-in-review show, and to give our own twist to Valentine's Day celebrations we take on the topic of family surprises due to DNA testin…
00:38:09 |
Fri 01 Mar 2019
Heretic No Longer? Meet Michael Joyner, Precision Medicine’s Critic-in-Chief
In 2016, after President Obama announced the Cancer Moonshot in the State of the Union, a very outspoken physician researcher from the Mayo Clinic penned an open letter to Vice President Biden critic…
00:40:34 |
Tue 26 Feb 2019
The Internet of Biology Revolution-For Real This Time, with Brett Goldsmith, Cardea
Talk to anyone who’s been around diagnostics or blood sampling for long, and they’ll tell you that nanotechnology is nothing new.
Today’s guest, Brett Goldsmith, the Chief Technology Officer at Cardea…
Today’s guest, Brett Goldsmith, the Chief Technology Officer at Cardea…
00:33:27 |
Wed 06 Feb 2019
January 2019 Review with Nathan and Laura: Cloning, CRISPRing, DTC, and Paleogenomic Overreach
Nathan and Laura are back for the first time this year for a wild trip past cloned CRISPRd monkeys and the first gene drive in mammals. (Just that?) But first we have to deal with our hangover from …
00:46:32 |
Fri 01 Feb 2019
Cara O'Neill of the Cure Sanfilippo Foundation Tells Her Story
You’re a mother, and life is typical. You’re also a pediatrician. Then one day you hear that your daughter is autistic. OK. Then you get the news that, no, it’s not autism but a very rare disease…
00:29:11 |
Mon 28 Jan 2019
PregSource: The NIH’s Crowdsourcing Project for Pregnancy Data with Caroline Signore
There are hundreds of pregnancy apps available. So what is unique about the NIH’s new crowdsourcing project called PregSource?
“We think PregSource is different because we offer the security and relia…
“We think PregSource is different because we offer the security and relia…
00:26:56 |
Thu 24 Jan 2019
Meet Christian, Janos, and the New World of 3D Oncology
Today we engage in a rare discussion between a startup founder who is going beyond sequencing and working directly with cancer patient cells in 3D cultures and with one of his customers, the husband …
00:29:58 |
Thu 17 Jan 2019
Has Computational Modeling for Cancer Genomics "Arrived?" with Shirley Liu, Dana Farber
It’s the question of the moment Are we living in the age of AI? Or is it still just hype?
When it comes to the latest research in immuno therapy, computational modeling is helping to answer key open…
When it comes to the latest research in immuno therapy, computational modeling is helping to answer key open…
00:29:33 |
Tue 08 Jan 2019
Amy Harmon of the NYT on Race & Genetics, Women in Science
At the end of the year, we like to speak with a journalist who covers genetics about some of their stories.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces…
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces…
00:42:57 |
Thu 27 Dec 2018
CRISPR or Not, You Can't Genetically Enhance Humans, Says Sci-Fi Author Kim Stanley Robinson
Designer babies. The term means many things to many people. To some it means kids only dressed in Gucci.
Some say that by doing pre-implantation genetic screening, we are already living in the age o…
Some say that by doing pre-implantation genetic screening, we are already living in the age o…
00:31:49 |
Thu 20 Dec 2018
The New World of Infectious Disease Diagnosis: Out in the Field with David Hong of Karius
A one month old baby is admitted to a hospital with fever. This is cause for serious alarm. The child is put on broad spectrum antibiotics. The infected area is drained and a culture run to try to…
00:21:53 |
Thu 13 Dec 2018
California Life Science Industry Steps to New Heights - the 2019 Edition with Sara Radcliffe
Sara Radcliffe can be happy--extra happy. She is the CEO of the California Life Sciences Association at a time when the state is breaking records, beating out every other state in category after cat…
00:22:05 |
Tue 04 Dec 2018
Nathan and Laura on CRISPRed Babies and Other November 2018 Stories
What a week! And a great time to have on our expert contributors, genomicist Nathan Pearson and genetic counselor Laura Hercher, to talk about what is reportedly a first in history: babies born with…
00:41:41 |
Thu 29 Nov 2018
Ellen Matloff on a New Digital Genetic Counseling Product for DTC Customers
If Mendelspod had an annual Product of the Year award, we'd certainly be liking for 2018 the one featured today, a digital genetic counseling product for direct-to-consumer genetic testing.
Hats are o…
Hats are o…
00:28:05 |
Thu 15 Nov 2018
Connecting the Dots for a Community of Rare Disease Patients: Terri Klein, MPS Society
The MPS Society is a rare organization. Not just because it is an umbrella for the rare diseases that have in common lysosomal storage malfunction. But because it is one of the largest rare disease…
00:30:26 |
Thu 08 Nov 2018
Keith Robison and Shawn Baker on Illumina Buyout of PacBio
Just hours after Illumina announced their buyout of Pacific Biosciences, Theral sits down with longtime sequencing Omics Omics blogger, Keith Robison, and the Chief Science Officer at sequencing mark…
00:24:49 |
Fri 02 Nov 2018
October 2018 Review with Nathan and Laura: ASHG Does Race, Parents Do Gene Therapy, Unsung Demons
As an election nears, the question of race and genetics has been front and center. It even prompted ASHG to take the unusual step of making a group wide statement. The three of us agree: scientist…
00:36:24 |
Thu 01 Nov 2018
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