Podcast Episodes

Insights into COVID-19’s Origins, Recursion Reverses Course, and AACR Stands Up for Cancer Research

Episode 26

The exact origins of SARS-CoV-2 are still something of a mystery, but new research may bring scientists one step closer to an explanation for how the virus reached Wuhan. Also in the episode, we dive…

Published on 5 months ago

Navigating Biotech’s New Normal, Applying AI to Cas9 Enzymes, and Sequencing Generations

Episode 25

The seismic changes made by the current administration in the United States continue to impact the scientific community. The business news segment of this week’s episode covers the effects of job cut…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Discussing De-Extinction, Trump’s Tariffs Touch Biopharma, and Reports from Recent Travels

Episode 24

Are Dire Wolves really back? We give our take on Colossal Biosciences’ latest announcement about the de-extinction of Dire Wolves including some thoughts on their approach and some of the broader imp…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Dravet Gene Therapy Tested in Mice, Sarepta’s Setback, and AstraZeneca Updates

Episode 23

Gene therapies take center stage in this week’s episode. We discuss a potential gene replacement therapy for people with Dravet Syndrome that scientists have tested in mice with good results and high…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Genetic Engineering at Asilomar, Stand Up for Science, and Francis Collins

Episode 22

GEN editors discuss both the news and history of DNA and genetic engineering. We present a recap of the 50th anniversary Asilomar conference, delving into some of the history from the 1975 Asilomar c…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

AI Models Writing DNA and Designing Enzymes, Some Pre-AGBT News

Episode 21

In honor of Rare Disease Day, we discuss news from Healx, a clinical-stage biotech, which has dosed the first patient in a Phase II trial of its new drug for neurofibromatosis type 1. In the world of…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Recursion Clinical Trial, CRISPR Delivery methods, preclinical Cas12 use, Gene Editing in AgBio, Top 10 Takeover Targets

Episode 20

Season 2 Episode 1 (February 14, 2025): This week, the GEN editors discussed some interesting and developing stories around AI, including an in depth dialogue about what Recursion has been doing late…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

DNA Day: Deep Dive

Episode 19

Episode 19 (April 26, 2024): This week, the GEN editors celebrated DNA Day by sharing some stories about their favorite observations and applications of DNA research.

Featuring Kevin Davies, PhD (Edi…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

How Biotechs Are Plugging AI into Drug Discovery Problems

Episode 18

Episode 18 (April 19, 2024):  

Biology’s exploding data streams continue to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) tools to streamline drug development. How do we define AI in drug discovery? Who are…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

Launch of Nvelop Therapeutics for Delivery of Genetic Cargo, AACR Recap

Episode 17

Episode 17 (April 12, 2024):  

This week, the GEN editors discuss the launch of Nvelop Therapeutics, a new start-up leveraging approaches developed by gene editing pioneers David Liu, PhD, and J. Ke…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago