Podcast Episodes

Wooly mammoth prosciutto

Episode 104

Nels and Vincent discuss the genome sequence of an ancient wooly mammoth, which shows that the three-dimensional architecture of the DNA can persist …

1 year, 7 months ago

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Change the world by duplicating yourself

Episode 103

Nels and Vincent explore a direct experimental test of Ohno's Hypothesis, which states that gene duplication can help genes tolerate new mutations an…

1 year, 8 months ago

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Kelp gets some viral help

Episode 102

Nels and Vincent explain how deep genomics of macroalgae illuminate multiple paths to aquatic, photosynthetic multicellularity.

Hosts: Nels Elde and …

1 year, 10 months ago

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99 problems but a tail ain't one

Episode 101

Nels and Vincent review the genetic basis for tail-loss evolution in humans and apes.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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1 year, 10 months ago

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A shocking means to move genes

Episode 99

Nels and Vincent reveal how electric organ discharge from the electric eel facilitates the introduction of DNA into teleost larvae.

Hosts: Nels Elde …

1 year, 10 months ago

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Spaces that celebrate science

Episode 100

Rich Condit joins Nels and Vincent at the Science Mill in Johnson City, Texas, where Director of STEM Education Jeehyun Park talks about the goals of…

2 years ago

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The worms strike back!

Episode 98

Nels and Vincent discuss how behavioural individuality determines infection risk in clonal ant colonies.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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2 years ago

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Germs trapping worms

Episode 97

Nels and Vincent review a study of the key processes required for the different stages of fungal carnivory by a nematode-trapping fungus.

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2 years ago

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Going bananas over the origins of corn

Episode 96

Nels and Vincent discuss the origins of two modern day agriculturally important plants: a role for two different wild teosintes in making modern mai…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Watering the viruses until they bloom

Episode 95

Nels and Vincent discuss how the rewetting of seasonally dried soils, a critical event in Mediterranean grasslands that reactivates dormant soil micr…

2 years, 4 months ago

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