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
Should We Hold Back the Reins on Biotechnology? with Chris Gunter
A very unique biotechnology event took place this week.
BEINGS 2015, or the Biotech and the Ethical Imagination Global Summit, was held at The Tabernacle, a former church turned concert hall in Atlant…
BEINGS 2015, or the Biotech and the Ethical Imagination Global Summit, was held at The Tabernacle, a former church turned concert hall in Atlant…
00:26:02 |
Fri 22 May 2015
Are We Ready to Trust Liquid Biopsies? with Milena Cankovic, Henry Ford Hospital
If you followed the news from the recent show of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), no doubt you heard about the exciting potential of liquid biopsies. These new blood-based tests,…
00:21:44 |
Tue 19 May 2015
Gene and Tonic: Boxing for Cancer, Dubious Correlations, and When Should a Researcher Retire
In a keynote talk this week for the online Genetics and Genomics conference, computational biology whiz, John Quackenbush, listed some pretty wild correlations found by a Harvard Business School stud…
00:05:52 |
Fri 15 May 2015
New Patient Focused Genome Magazine Signing up Many Doctors Too
Just as biomedical research is experiencing a surge of translation into clinical application, so too must the stories of this research and its impact in the lives of patients be translated to a large…
00:17:00 |
Tue 12 May 2015
Gene and Tonic: The Decline of Pseudoscience, An Atheist for President, and What to Do with a Sexist Reviewer
The New Republic argued in a pice entitled, "The Decline of Pseudoscience," this week that now that the so called "natural" living industry has gone mainstream, "it's days are numbered." Surely Opra…
00:06:02 |
Fri 08 May 2015
Gene and Tonic: Sexism in Science, How to Spend an NIH Budget Increase, How Not to Spend It
Janitors have had a terribly busy time this week cleaning up all those jaws that were dropped on floors of research labs everywhere around the country.
Have you heard about this latest sexism scandal?
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Have you heard about this latest sexism scandal?
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00:05:41 |
Fri 01 May 2015
Participation in Genomics Research a 21st Century Public Good, Says Paul Billings of Omicia
Pharma companies have always had their chief medical officers (CMOs). Now, as the diagnostics industry grows, many kinds of life science companies are filling this important position as well. Seque…
00:26:55 |
Wed 15 Apr 2015
Gene and Tonic: Competition for 23andMe, Four Tips for Attending AACR 2015, and "Swab Stories"
An Old New DTC Co. on the Move
Let’s start with a bit of trivia. What company has resorted to selling genetic ancestry testing online direct to consumers? Hint: the company is located in the San Fr…
Let’s start with a bit of trivia. What company has resorted to selling genetic ancestry testing online direct to consumers? Hint: the company is located in the San Fr…
00:05:31 |
Fri 10 Apr 2015
Improving the Backbone of Clinical Genomics : Valerie Schneider, NCBI
When President Bill Clinton stood with Francis Collins and Craig Venter in 2001 to announce the sequencing of the genome, the genome wasn’t really done.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to dis…
This is a public episode. If you'd like to dis…
00:24:19 |
Tue 07 Apr 2015
Gene and Tonic: The ACA Turns Five, Ten Reasons to Have Your Genome Sequenced, and Humbled by the Ancients
Actually there was no news this week. It turns out the whole industry took the week off to watch the stunning Ken Burns documentary on cancer.
No, that’s not true. We did find some news.
How abou…
No, that’s not true. We did find some news.
How abou…
00:05:06 |
Fri 03 Apr 2015
Behind the Sequencing Bench with Dale Yuzuki
Will tech companies like Google and Apple be good at life science applications? We pursue this question today with Dale Yuzuki, the avid life science blogger, scientist, and now a marketing manager a…
00:22:56 |
Tue 31 Mar 2015
Gene and Tonic: The Tenth Commandment of Science, Icelandic Treasure, and TechBio Babies
We were off last week, so there’s plenty to talk about.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mendelspod.com/subscr…
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mendelspod.com/subscr…
00:05:48 |
Fri 27 Mar 2015
It’s Pretty Bad: Andy Brooks of RUCDR on Sample Quality
The future of diagnostics is in the hands of those taking care of the biospecimen samples says, Andy Brooks our final guest in the series, Improving Biospecimen Standards. Andy is the Chief Operating…
00:21:25 |
Thu 19 Mar 2015
Knowing More about What We Don’t Know: John McPherson on Cancer Genomics
More than with any other major disease, the understanding and treatment of cancer is being transformed by genomics. And these are early days.
John McPherson has been involved in sequencing since the …
John McPherson has been involved in sequencing since the …
00:21:40 |
Tue 17 Mar 2015
Gene and Tonic: The iWatch and Research Kit, 23andMe Goes for the Big Time, No Spaceship
Friday March 13th
It’s Friday already and time for Gene and Tonic, our wrap of the week’s headlines.
On Monday, Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, announced that the iWatch is indeed a reality. The iWatch has all…
It’s Friday already and time for Gene and Tonic, our wrap of the week’s headlines.
On Monday, Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, announced that the iWatch is indeed a reality. The iWatch has all…
00:04:19 |
Fri 13 Mar 2015
In Partnership with IBM’s Watson, Pathway Genomics Reinvents Itself
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has had a bumpy ride.
Back in 2010, Pathway Genomics and Walgreens made a deal to sell DTC genetic tests in thousands of Walgreens drugstores. Within 48 hours…
Back in 2010, Pathway Genomics and Walgreens made a deal to sell DTC genetic tests in thousands of Walgreens drugstores. Within 48 hours…
00:16:02 |
Thu 12 Mar 2015
Affymetrix CEO, Frank Witney, on Arrays in the Age of Sequencing
Go about anywhere in the life science industry, and you’ll run into someone who once worked at Affymetrix. Since the founding of Affymetrix and the development of what’s come to be known simply as t…
00:22:40 |
Tue 10 Mar 2015
Gene & Tonic: Disruption in Sequencing, Scientist Politicians, Some Cool Synbio
Join Theral for a quick wrap-up of the week's biotech news:
The biggest news this week has been the flow of stories coming from last week’s AGBT conference held in Florida. This is the annual all ou…
The biggest news this week has been the flow of stories coming from last week’s AGBT conference held in Florida. This is the annual all ou…
00:05:14 |
Fri 06 Mar 2015
Changing the World with Color Changing Flowers
Keira Havens is the co-founder of Revolution Bioengineering, and this week the company launched a crowd funding campaign (see video below) to produce flowers that can change colors.
And what is the re…
And what is the re…
00:12:59 |
Thu 05 Mar 2015
Cancer Researcher at Mayo Says Illumina Platform Maxing Out, Looks to BGI/Complete
Today we bring you a story which you probably wouldn’t have heard at last week’s AGBT conference at Marcos Island. While PacBio and 10X Genomics were getting most of the buzz at the annual show on a…
00:25:04 |
Tue 03 Mar 2015
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