Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDecoding our defenses to the Black Death
Episode 84
Nels and Vincent review the use of ancient DNA to identify loci that may have been under selection during the Black Death by studying populations bef…
3 years, 4 months ago
Evolution spreads its wings (and then loses them)
Episode 83
Florian Maderspacher from Current Biology joins Nels and Vincent to discuss a special issue of the journal on birds.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Rac…
3 years, 4 months ago
A genetic hack for the human brain
Episode 82
Nels and Vincent consider evidence that a single amino acid change in the TKTL1 gene might have led to greater neurogenesis in the frontal cortex of …
3 years, 5 months ago
Evolution's new and improved slime molds
Episode 81
Nels and Vincent discuss how duplication of a gene encoding a transcription factor led to evolution of a novel cell type in the slime mold Dictyostel…
3 years, 6 months ago
Viruses of a feather bottleneck together
Episode 80
Louise Moncla joins Nels and Vincent to review her use of genomics to understand emergence, evolution, and transmission of respiratory viruses includ…
3 years, 7 months ago
When the immune system is away, SARS-CoV-2 will play
Episode 79
Nels and Vincent discuss an analysis of the drivers of evolution of SARS-CoV-2 during chronic infections, indicating that a tradeoff exists between a…
3 years, 8 months ago
The virus daily double
Episode 78
Nels and Vincent provide an update on cases of monkeypox, and summarize a biochemical view of three changes in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that may …
3 years, 9 months ago
The mutations of our lives
Episode 77
Alex joins Nels and Vincent to discuss his work which demonstrates that somatic mutation rates scale with lifespan in mammals.
Hosts: Nels Elde and V…
3 years, 10 months ago
One-step symbiosis
Episode 76
Nels and Vincent describe how a single amino acid change can allow E. coli to replace the essential gut symbiont of the stinkbug Plautia stali.
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3 years, 11 months ago
Even the BANAL coronaviruses are interesting
Episode 75
Nels and Vincent review isolation of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses from bats in Laos that can replicate in human cells.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racani…
4 years ago