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
A Point-of-Care CBC Test Based on a Few Drops of Blood—Is This the Real Thing? with Danny Levner, Sight Diagnostics
Time is health. Take certain blood cancers, for instance. When a patient is seen in a doctor’s office, they are then sent to a central lab for testing, and the results can take a few days. With bl…
00:25:11 |
Thu 25 Oct 2018
It’s a Gold Rush in Single Cell Genomics, Says Joachim Schultze, U of Bonn
The title says it all here. Herr Professor Schultze directs a major facility that he calls a single cell genomics platform. They have most of the single cell technologies available and partner with…
00:26:49 |
Mon 15 Oct 2018
A Market Solution for Biospecimen Quality Standards with Matt McLoughlin, Scientist.com
We ran a series this summer highlighting one of the major issues in biomedical research: that the collection, storage, and procurement of biospecimen samples lacks any across-the-board governing stan…
00:29:44 |
Tue 02 Oct 2018
September 2018 with Nathan and Laura: Studying the Same Genes and the Matt Fender Story
And here we were thinking it was a slow month!
We have two big stories today: first this philosophy of biology question about whether it’s a bad thing that we’ve been stuck circling the wagons ‘roun…
We have two big stories today: first this philosophy of biology question about whether it’s a bad thing that we’ve been stuck circling the wagons ‘roun…
00:35:21 |
Fri 28 Sep 2018
Single Cell Sequencing Tailor Made for Nephrology, Says Vivek Bhalla, Stanford
Vivek Bhalla is used to the question, what’s a nephrologist? When we admitted we’d never had one on the program, he made his own admission, saying that the kinds of people who became nephrologists a…
00:21:46 |
Thu 20 Sep 2018
It’s the Social Factors, Stupid! Lisa Suennen on Healthcare, Her Career, Digital Health Investing, and . . . Just Being Herself
She's been a highly sought after venture funder and knowledge broker in the field of digital health. STAT News wrote that upwards of 1,500 pitches crossed her desk last year at GE Ventures. But as …
00:27:50 |
Thu 13 Sep 2018
Concerned About DTC Test Quality? Ask Two Questions, Says Daryl Pritchard, PMC
We like talking to the folks at the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC). They have many stakeholders and multifaceted speakers on a wide range of topics. Recently they’re open to talking more abo…
00:28:46 |
Wed 05 Sep 2018
August 2018 Review with Nathan and Laura: The polygenic month
It’s our first show back after the summer break, and nothing has got us all buzzing about genomics again like a polygenic risk score. It even has Laura Hercher talking about the Human Genome Project…
00:29:42 |
Fri 31 Aug 2018
An International Perspective on How to Improve Biobanking with Kirstin Goldring
For the next episode in our summer series on human tissue sample quality and biobanking, we turn to a veteran biobanker in the U.K. who managed several projects there including the U.K. Parkisons’ Di…
00:20:13 |
Tue 21 Aug 2018
A Seqster Preview with Founder Ardy Arianpour
As long as we’ve been doing clinical genetics, the goal has been to marry up the genetic data with phenotypic data in the electronic medical records. This has been achieved with some success and w…
00:23:50 |
Thu 16 Aug 2018
Detective Stories from the Genomic War Room with Ramesh Hariharan
A book like this only comes around once in a while—one never knows from which corner. This time it was written by the CTO of a next gen sequencing data analytics company.
“Every one of these cases wa…
“Every one of these cases wa…
00:31:13 |
Thu 26 Jul 2018
Should Biobanking Come Under CLIA? Shannon McCall, Duke
When former President Obama’s team released the paperwork for what’s become the All of Us Research Program, in the part about biobanking, the wording specified that the biobanks applying for the gran…
00:27:44 |
Tue 17 Jul 2018
Pharma Stepping Up, Footing the Bill for Genetic Testing & Counseling: Jordanna Mora, Alnylam
It seems to be human nature to value and pay up to hundreds of thousands of dollars for a little white pill that we can drop on the floor--and granted, can do wonders for us, but we want to pay nothi…
00:15:24 |
Tue 12 Jun 2018
Are We Asking Too Much of Genomics in Cancer Research? Tony Letai, Dana Farber
It’s a question we’ve asked on the program before. Are we over relying on the genomics route getting us to biomedical research paradise? Should we be putting more eggs in other baskets?
After combin…
After combin…
00:26:59 |
Thu 07 Jun 2018
I Won’t Rest Until We Have Quality Standards in Place for Biospecimens: Carolyn Compton, ASU
She’s a force of nature, and she’s back on Mendelspod. A decade ago, Carolyn Compton was hired by the NCI to solve a problem that has plagued the world of not just cancer research, but all of biomed…
00:25:07 |
Tue 05 Jun 2018
May 2018 with Nathan and Laura: The Free Exome, California Database, and Mosaicism
Nathan Pearson and Laura Hercher are back for a look over a busy month of headlines.
May took us into the era of the free genome as Geisinger planted the genomic medicine flag on an even higher peak. …
May took us into the era of the free genome as Geisinger planted the genomic medicine flag on an even higher peak. …
00:28:59 |
Fri 01 Jun 2018
Has Diagnostic Testing Plateaued? Alka Chaubey, Greenwood Genetic Center
If you’ve been in the field of genetic testing then you know about the Greenwood Genetic Center. With an address on Mendel Circle in Greenwood, South Carolina, this non profit diagnostic testing lab…
00:23:03 |
Thu 24 May 2018
A New Way for DTC? Nathan Pearson, Root Deep Insight
You know him, but do you know what he does for a day job?
Over the past two years, Nathan Pearson has dazzled us with his broad knowledge of the genomics space on our regular monthly reviews. Today w…
Over the past two years, Nathan Pearson has dazzled us with his broad knowledge of the genomics space on our regular monthly reviews. Today w…
00:58:43 |
Thu 17 May 2018
Genetic Testing in the Age of Trump: Hank Greely, Stanford
"In a world turned upside down, this is an area where I don’t think he’s had much effect. I don’t think he knows how to spell “DNA.”"
So begins Hank Greely in today’s interview on genetic testing in…
So begins Hank Greely in today’s interview on genetic testing in…
00:36:18 |
Thu 10 May 2018
Genetic Testing is Dead, Long Live Genetic Testing: Sean George of Invitae
A few years ago they were the new kid on the block, and now they are a leader of mainstream genetic testing. Last year their revenue and profit were significantly up.
And yet in today’s interview, CE…
And yet in today’s interview, CE…
00:34:39 |
Thu 03 May 2018
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