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
- 503
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Erica Ramos on Her Pioneering Role as Genetic Counselor for Industry
For the next installment of our series on genetic counseling, we’re joined by Erica Ramos. She’s the president-elect of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and was the second genetic counselo…
00:23:47 |
Wed 14 Sep 2016
August 2016 with Nathan and Laura
It’s the end of summer and end of another month. Joining us to discuss the genomics headlines of August are Laura Hercher and Nathan Pearson.
A recent study demonstrating that breast cancer patients …
A recent study demonstrating that breast cancer patients …
00:17:36 |
Thu 01 Sep 2016
A Maniacal Commitment to Science: Peering into Regeneron’s Genetics Center with Jeff Reid
Today we feature a pharma company that has been around for some time but recently getting more media coverage for the impressive scale of their new genetic center. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, insider…
00:24:34 |
Thu 18 Aug 2016
The Days of Miracle and Wonder: Laura Hercher on Genetic Counseling, Part 2
We often hear at conferences that there are too few genetic counselors. And that this bottleneck is constraining the delivery and promise of genomic medicine. Is this true?
It is 100% true, says La…
It is 100% true, says La…
00:17:08 |
Sat 30 Jul 2016
The Days of Miracle and Wonder: Laura Hercher on Genetic Counseling, Part 1
They’ve been called the “unsung heroes” of our age. They are primarily women. And when the trend for most of us is to become specialists, they have been generalists.
Today we begin a special series …
Today we begin a special series …
00:21:35 |
Sat 30 Jul 2016
A Precision Medicine Platform Comes of Age: Jonathan Hirsch, Syapse
Today’s show with Jonathan Hirsch, the President and co-founder of Syapse begins a couple years ago. We first featured him on the program in January of 2014 with the headline, Is this the Omics-to-Cl…
00:20:59 |
Thu 21 Jul 2016
FDA’s Liz Mansfield on New NGS Guidances
On July 6th, as part of the President’s Precision Medicine Initiative, the FDA issued two new draft guidances for the oversight of next gen sequencing (NGS) tests. The first guidance is for using NG…
00:15:40 |
Tue 19 Jul 2016
How Is the Brexit Impacting Genomics? with Clare Turnbull and Hadyn Parry
Today's guests have been separately on the program recently. And we've asked them, both Brits, to come back on for a discussion of the Brexit. Clare Turnbull is Clinical Lead for the 100K Genomes P…
00:20:08 |
Tue 12 Jul 2016
It’s Not Really Bulls and Bears: John Carroll on His New Gig, the Brexit, and a New Metaphor for the Market
John Carroll has been the editor-in-chief at Fierce Biotech for thirteen years. Now he's moved to a new gig. Two weeks ago, he and a former colleague launched a new and independent life science me…
00:19:52 |
Thu 07 Jul 2016
June 2016 with Nathan and Laura: GMO Labeling, Misspelling CRISPR, Sequenom Patent Loss, SmidgIon
Today's show was recorded July 1st, the first day that Vermont’s GMO labeling law went into effect. Just how big a win was this for the anti-GMO crowd, we ask our two commentators, Nathan Pearson an…
00:23:42 |
Tue 05 Jul 2016
Know Then Thyself: Kari Stefansson, deCODE genetics
Kari Stefansson is a name well known in the field of human genetics. His founding of deCODE genetics in his native Iceland in 1996 took our field into a new frontier with the unique opportunity to …
00:35:31 |
Thu 30 Jun 2016
Sequenom Patent Loss a Threat to Personalized Medicine, Says Kevin Noonan
It’s a non-decision with big implications. On Monday, the Supreme Court turned down an appeal by Sequenom in their patent case with Ariosa. The rebuff by the highest court kills Sequenom’s prenatal…
00:19:12 |
Wed 29 Jun 2016
Bringing Home Some Diagnostics Gold: Brad Gray, NanoString Show How It’s Done
You hear it everywhere. And it’s getting old. That "diagnostics is a tough slog.” That it’s the “redheaded stepchild of healthcare.”
And today’s guest doesn’t disappoint, repeating both these phra…
And today’s guest doesn’t disappoint, repeating both these phra…
00:18:51 |
Fri 24 Jun 2016
Mukherjee Mess-up, the Secret Harvard Meeting, and Success in Gene Therapy: May 2016 with Nathan and Laura
Today we look back on the genomics headlines over the past month (and a few days). To do this we’re joined by our regular commentators, Nathan Pearson and Laura Hercher.
First we take on the science …
First we take on the science …
00:21:56 |
Mon 06 Jun 2016
When Do We Move to Population Based Cancer Screening for Those with High Genetic Risk? Josh Schiffman, U of U
Last year when we were promised a soon-to-be-on-the-market, pan cancer, genetic based screening test, many of us were taken aback at the hubris. Not only does the science have a ways to go, there ar…
00:23:35 |
Tue 24 May 2016
The Solid Future of Liquid Biopsies with Michael Nall, Biocept
There’s been lots in the news this past year about liquid biopsies—those non-invasive tests which locate biomarkers in a vial of blood. Much of that press (perhaps too much) has been about using the…
00:25:29 |
Thu 19 May 2016
Genomics Is Oversubscribed, Says Creator of BLAST
One of the original Celera team that worked on the Human Genome Project, Gene Myers is now setting up the new Center for Systems Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Gene…
00:25:05 |
Thu 12 May 2016
With 10K Genomes Sequenced, Genomics England in High Gear: Clare Turnbull, Clinical Lead
We’ve heard on the program over the past few years that genomic medicine will probably take off first in a country with a centralized health service. And when the U.K. announced their 100K Genomes …
00:28:32 |
Thu 05 May 2016
April 2016 with Nathan and Laura: Big Money, More CRISPR Studies, Genomic Superheroes, and a Pot Chaser
This month we saw Big Money being infused into genomics and other life science research projects. There’s no question that science is big business, but do we see improved healthcare as a result?
Was …
Was …
00:22:08 |
Mon 02 May 2016
A Sneak Peek into the Future of Clinical Genomics with Ben Solomon, Inova
We hear from some that soon each baby's genome will be sequenced at birth. This vast amount of genomic information will be stored in a person's medical record for life and be referenced for personal…
00:33:05 |
Thu 28 Apr 2016
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