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Genetics in Your World

The Genetics in Your World podcast spotlights noteworthy studies published in GSA Journals GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. Through conversations with the authors, you’ll hear about their research and its signifi

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  • Ep.0. A Discussion with Dr. Katherine Maniates

    22:43||Season 1
    Make sure to check out this paper—Sperm fate is promoted by the mir-44 microRNA family in the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite germline—that was published in Genetics in Jan 2021.

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  • 1. Ep.1. Resistance is Futile – A Discussion with Dr. Richard Gomulkiewicz

    29:20||Season 1, Ep. 1
    In this episode of Genetics in your world, we speak with Dr. Richard Gomulkiewicz about the evolution of gene drive resistance. With the discovery of CRISPR-Cas systems, scientists realized that they could engineer gene drives for a number of different applications. Using alleles with an “unfair” transmission advantage, we can design gene drives to help eradicate malaria vectors, agricultural pests, or even invasive species. Check out the paper, “Evading resistance to gene drives,”which was published in the February 2021 issue of GENETICS.

  • 2. Ep.2. CRISPRi in the fission yeast – A Discussion with Dr. Ken Ishikawa

    22:47||Season 1, Ep. 2
    Gene repression with the efficiency and specificity of CRISPR in yeast is no longer a dream! In this episode of Genetics in your world, Dr. Ishikawa tells us about how he and colleagues adapted CRISPR interference for fission yeast, allowing controllable reversible and efficient transcriptional repression. Check out the paper,— “Implementation of dCas9-mediated CRISPRi in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe,”—that was published in the February 2021 issue of G3.

  • 3. Ep.3. Building a MAP for growth – A Discussion with Dr. Rose King

    26:58||Season 1, Ep. 3
    A MAP for growth?🙂 Listen to the latest Genetics in your world podcast episode where Dr. King tells us how she developed novel tools to better understand the unreported roles of MT-associated proteins within the nucleus of budding yeast.

  • 4. Ep.4. A new wormy role model for genetics – A Discussion with Dr. Mengyi Cao

    29:57||Season 1, Ep. 4
    A new role model for genetics? Tune into this latest episode of Genetics in Your World podcast where Dr. Cao from Caltech shares her team’s development of a new genetically tractable model system in the #nematode Steinernema hermaphroditum!

  • 5. Ep. 5. Happy accidents in the lab – A Discussion with Dr. Thomas Merritt

    38:35||Season 1, Ep. 5
    “What do penicillin, saccharine, post-it notes, and x-ray machines have in common? They were all the outcome of happy accidents in the laboratory. Listen to Genetics in Your World: Episode 5 to find out how a bad day in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Merritt turned treasure gold.”

  • 6. Ep. 6. "Science is like a detective story!" – A Conversation with Dr. Francis Collins

    31:33||Season 1, Ep. 6
    Join us for a special episode of Genetics in Your World where we interview previous National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Dr. Francis Collins. In this episode, Francis discusses his pathway into science, how he deals with failures in research, and his advice for future scientists.