Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA bacteria, a phage, and a selfish element walk into a cryptomonad
Episode 94
Nels and Vincent take apart an amazing symbiosis consisting of two bacteria, one bacteriophage, and seven different genomes all within a single-celle…
2 years, 5 months ago
Faster than a speeding bacteria
Episode 93
Nels and Vincent review a collision of synthetic biology and experimental evolution, using a minimal synthetic bacterial cell with only 473 genes, th…
2 years, 6 months ago
There's algae in the jar
Episode 92
Nels and Vincent explain a study of how interspecies competition between two algae influences evolution of metabolism and size.
Hosts: Nels Elde and …
2 years, 7 months ago
Meet your very distant cousins
Episode 91
Nels and Vincent discuss new findings using phylogenetic approaches about how complex eukaryotic cells emerged from prokaryotic ancestors, which firm…
2 years, 8 months ago
The mystery of the mouse mummies
Episode 90
Nels and Vincent provide insights into the mystery of mouse mummies on the summits of >6000 m Andean volcanoes, including whether they were living th…
2 years, 10 months ago
On the outer rim of tumor evolution
Episode 89
Nels and Vincent discuss the observation that cells on a boundary of a solid tumor have higher growth rates compared to those in the center and how t…
2 years, 10 months ago
Dog days of evolution in the shadows of Chernobyl
Episode 88
Nels and Vincent review a study of the dogs of Chernobyl which reveals that genetically distinct populations with different amounts of western breed …
2 years, 11 months ago
Nathan Clark's revolutionary hair care advice
Episode 87
Nathan joins Nels and Vincent to discuss his approach to understanding how species adopt novel traits to overcome challenges, and its application to …
3 years ago
TWiEVO 86: Pulling out the stops in genetic code evolution
Episode 86
Nels and Vincent discuss how evolution of changes in stop codon assignment might occur, and a novel mechanism for altering the meaning of translation…
3 years, 1 month ago
Teaching old dogs new genetic tricks
Episode 85
Nels and Vincent discuss the use of genome sequence data for over 4,000 domestic, semi-feral, and wild canids to understand the genetic drivers of ca…
3 years, 2 months ago