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
The Business of Aging and Three Reasons Why the FDA Drug Approval Rate Is So High
We're back in the office after a fabulous vacation, and ready to have some fun. It's Friday, and time for Gene and Tonic.
Yes, we celebrate the news this week that women have their own sex pill. And…
Yes, we celebrate the news this week that women have their own sex pill. And…
00:05:10 |
Fri 21 Aug 2015
New York Genome Center’s Nathan Pearson on Public Outreach for Genomics
Nathan Pearson, formerly a genome scientist at Ingenuity and Knome, has been doing public outreach for genomics at the New York Genome Center for about a year now. In today’s interview, Nathan says…
00:32:49 |
Wed 19 Aug 2015
Tim Triche on Using Arrays for Cancer Research
We recently interviewed cancer researcher Tim Triche from Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Tim had two main points: First, microarrays are still a very valuable tool for research and for the clinic. …
00:07:30 |
Fri 31 Jul 2015
Thermo’s Chris Linthwaite on Sequencing the Ebola Virus and the Future of Public Health
Major outbreaks of deadly viruses, such as the recent spread of Ebola in Northern Africa, are nothing new on planet earth. What is new is the technology that we are using to identify, track, and con…
00:23:27 |
Tue 28 Jul 2015
A Tool to Strengthen the Voice of Science in Online Journalism
Emmanuel Vincent is the founder of Climate Feedback, a project which includes a new tool for scientists to comment directly on climate science news. The tool is a plugin which can be downloaded for f…
00:22:27 |
Thu 23 Jul 2015
Father of Child with Rare Disease Says Science Equals Medicine
Matt Might came knocking on the door of genomic medicine out of pure necessity. After a four year diagnostic odyssey that led them to Duke University, Matt and his wife, Cristina, finally found out t…
00:22:26 |
Tue 21 Jul 2015
Bina CEO Details Secret to Success in NGS Informatics
Last year, pharma giant Roche went on a buying spree, picking up one company after another. In December, when it was announced they had bought out Bina Technologies, many of us were playing catch up…
00:26:29 |
Fri 17 Jul 2015
Cancer Researcher Tim Triche on the Staying Power of Microarrays
In the second part of our interview with Tim Triche, Director of the Personalized Medicine Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Tim says that micro arrays are still a vital technology for today…
00:19:07 |
Tue 14 Jul 2015
Want Answers? Look to the Non-Coding Region of the Genome, Says Cancer Researcher, Tim Triche
Listen to Tim Triche from Children's Hospital Los Angeles for very long and you’ll get excited again about cancer research. I couldn’t stop listening. Which is why his interview is being published in…
00:24:45 |
Thu 09 Jul 2015
Ivan Oransky on Today's Retraction Boom
When science journalist Ivan Oransky co-founded Retraction Watch, a blog with the express purpose of making scientific retractions more public, he didn’t think he would be posting much.
“Adam Marcus, …
“Adam Marcus, …
00:32:56 |
Tue 07 Jul 2015
Genomics-Palooza, Diagnostics Fraud, and Biblical Prophets on the Future of Biotech
What a week for Americans . . . What a week for genomics!
The Supreme Court rulings that Americans can keep their Obamacare and can all get married - no matter what state they live in - added the fina…
The Supreme Court rulings that Americans can keep their Obamacare and can all get married - no matter what state they live in - added the fina…
00:05:36 |
Fri 26 Jun 2015
Ethical Issues around Editing Human Germline for the Future. Today It's about Plants and Animals, Says NYU's Art Caplan
Art Caplan is a prodigious writer on the topic of medical ethics. How prodigious? How about thirty-two books and over 700 peer reviewed papers on ethical conundrums ranging from organ donation to end…
00:29:12 |
Wed 24 Jun 2015
We Got Research, PCSK9 Inhibitors, and Clinical Trials for Religion
The international BIO convention is all about seduction. All fifty states sent representatives to Philly this week to make the case that their state was the best for biotech. Seventy countries were …
00:06:23 |
Fri 19 Jun 2015
The Multi-Platform Approach to Clinical Sequencing with Bobby Sebra, Icahn School
Before Bobby Sebra became the Director of Technology Development at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai in New York he worked at Pacific Biosciences, helping to develop their single molecule, lo…
00:27:03 |
Mon 15 Jun 2015
So That Happened, The Mad Genius, and Selling SynBio
It’s a week of finding out again what we already knew. First that a nobel laureate can also be a total ***hole. And second that creative people really are crazy.
It’s also been a week for going into…
It’s also been a week for going into…
00:05:32 |
Fri 12 Jun 2015
Summer Genomics Festival, the Other Sports Genes, and Brain Surgery for Fruit Flies
Gene and Tonic for June 5, 2015
What does genomics have to do with a hippie rock music event? A few things. Find out in today’s humorous preview of the Festival of Genomics, happening later this mon…
What does genomics have to do with a hippie rock music event? A few things. Find out in today’s humorous preview of the Festival of Genomics, happening later this mon…
00:05:10 |
Fri 05 Jun 2015
The Sports Genes with Jeremy Koenig, Athletigen
Jeremy Koenig is a molecular biologist and an athlete. His interest in both led him to found a new direct-to-consumer genetic testing company called Athletigen.
This is a public episode. If you'd lik…
This is a public episode. If you'd lik…
00:22:32 |
Thu 04 Jun 2015
Woodstock for Genomics? Richard Lumb and Carl Smith on this Month’s Festival
If you haven’t already, check out the inaugural Festival of Genomics being held in Boston later this month.
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…
00:18:12 |
Tue 02 Jun 2015
Geneticists Anonymous, the Sad State of Science Journalism, and New Kids on the Helix
Gene and Tonic: May 29, 2015
Did you hear? The Age of Genomics has come to an end.
According to science journalist, David Dobbs, after 110 years of studying genomics, we have come up with almost not…
Did you hear? The Age of Genomics has come to an end.
According to science journalist, David Dobbs, after 110 years of studying genomics, we have come up with almost not…
00:05:23 |
Fri 29 May 2015
The 9 Billion People Problem: Rod Wing on Plant Genomics
By 2050, there will be 9 billion people on the planet. What will they eat?
This is the question that led Rod Wing, Director of the Arizona Genomics Institute, into the field of plant genomics. What ha…
This is the question that led Rod Wing, Director of the Arizona Genomics Institute, into the field of plant genomics. What ha…
00:31:02 |
Wed 27 May 2015
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