In this episode, we discuss language and how to talk about genetics. In this conversation, we are joined by Genetic Counsellor, Zelpha D’Souz from the Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, David Ross, who is a rare disease patient and also runs a charity supporting men’s mental health for those diagnosed with a rare disease, and Medical Interpret…

In this episode, we discuss how to facilitate discussions about reproductive choices. In this conversation, we are joined by Genetic Counsellor from The University of Cape Town, Tina Wessels, Director of ARC (Antenatal Results and Choices), Jane Fisher, and Emilia Bijsma from Leiden University Medical Centre.…

In this episode, we discuss migration and how it influences our practice. In this conversation, we are joined by Genetic Counsellor and researcher, Milena Paneque, Adjunct Assistant Lecturer at University Hospital Linköping, Rebeka Pestoff, and Umut Fahrioglu, Director and Genetic counsellor at Agiomix.…

In this episode, we discuss human genetics and artificial intelligence. In this conversation, we are joined by Head of the Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, Professor Peter Krawitz, Professor Tjitske Kleefstra from Radboud University Medical Center, and Dr. Tanja Zdolsek Draksler, research project manager at the Jožef Stefan Inst…

As we return with our third series of Genetic Sounds, in this first episode we discuss art and human genetics. In this conversation, we are joined by paediatric geneticist and personal essayist, Chaya Nautiyal Murali, and Communications and Engagement Coordinator at Alliance for African Partnership, Abraham Mamela.…

In the final episode of our second series, we discuss the wide topic of “What is the next ethical frontier in genetics?”. Recorded with a live audience in Glasgow, Scotland. On the panel we have a wonderful range of guests including Professor Tara Clancy from The University of Manchester, Gemma Louise Chandratillake from the Institute of Continuing…

In this episode, we discuss reproductive genetics and choices. In this conversation, we are joined by Director of The Raphael Recanati Genetics Institute, Lina Basel, and Dr Edith Coonen, Senior Clinical Embryologist at the department of Reproductive Medicine, and a Laboratory Specialist in Reproductive Genetics at the department of Clinical Geneti…

In this episode, we discuss intellectual disability and consent in human genetics. In this conversation, we are joined by two guests from The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Dr Elizabeth Emma Palmer and Professor Iva Strnadova.By The European Society of Human Genetics

In this episode, we discuss “What exactly is a centre for rare conditions?” A conversation with Professor Siddharth Banka from the University of Manchester, Professor Gareth Baynam from Australian National University’s National Centre for Indigenous Genomics, and Dame Laura Lee, the first employee and now CEO of Maggie’s, a charity providing free c…

In this episode, we discuss the treatments of genetic conditions, exciting breakthroughs, and their costs. A conversation with Assistant Professor Roos van Westrhenen, Professors Katherine Payne and Graeme Black from the University of Manchester, and Wayne Thompson, a patient who took part in a gene therapy trial for Choroideremia.…

As we return with our second series of Genetic Sounds, in this first episode we discuss the background of the African Society of Human Genetics, and Equity in African research. A conversation with Professor Ambroise Wonkam, President of the African Society of Human Genetics, Human Genetics Scientist Professor Michele Ramsay, based at the University…

In this final episode, we discuss the wide topic of “What is the future in genetics?” Recorded with a live audience as one of the sessions at the 2022 European Society of Human Genetics conference in Vienna where we take questions from the live and virtual audience. On the panel we have a wonderful range of guests including; Gijs WE Santen a clinic…

In this episode, we debate “Is your genetic information just yours?”. We discuss where you find your genetic information if you need it, and who should have access to this. A conversation with Lawyer and bioethicist, Betina Cuñado, Associate Professor at the IHMPE in Toronto, Dr Yvonne Bombard, who specialises in the assessment and translation of g…

In this episode, we discuss "What is a genetic syndrome?". We ask whether we still need ‘conditions’, or can we just have genes? A conversation with Leslie Biesecker, NIH Distinguished Investigator at the Center for Precision Health Research and Izzy Rundle, Engagement and Support Manager at SWAN UK (Syndrome Without a Name). Sofia Houge, from the …

Bringing together the debate on access to genetic services, and discussing what can be done to improve the experience for individuals in need of these services. A conversation with Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, founder of the Romanian Prader Willi Association, Dorica Dan, and Celia Azevedo Soares, Medical Genetics resident at Porto Medical Cent…

Bringing together the debate on gender and advances in knowledge about sex biases in human genetics. A conversation with Prof Gareth Evans, Professor of Medical Genetics and Cancer Epidemiology at The University of Manchester, Reubs J Walsh, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit…

In our first episode, we are joined by Professor of Anatomy, Anne Spurkland from the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences in Norway, Professor of Medical Genetics at The University of Bergen, Gunnar Douzgos-Houge, and Professor Milan Macek, Chairman of the National Coordination Centre for Rare Diseases in Czech Republic. We discuss the impact of cur…

Razib discusses the new book Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity with one of the authors. https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07ZC6XGGX/geneexpressio-20

Razib talks to evolutionary anthropologist Joe Henrich about his new book, The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous, https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07RZFCPMD/geneexpressio-20

Razib talks to Stuart Ritchie about his new book, Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1250222699/geneexpressio-20

Razib and Spencer discuss the geography, prehistory, and genetics, of Siberia. Also, the time Spencer experienced a Siberian winter!

Razib and Spencer discuss why the geology and biogeography of Southeast Asia may explain why it is so important in the history of human evolution. Show notes: https://blog.insito.me/humanitys-second-cradle-in-southeast-asia-cbb26244f08a

Razib discusses revolutionary new work published in Nature that tells us that modern humans were present in the Americas 32,000 years ago with one of the authors, Lorena Becerra-Valdivia. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02190-y https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2509-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2509-0…

Spencer and Razib talk about what we mean when we say "ghost population" in human genetics, and why it's so important to understand our origins. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842210/ https://www.genetics.org/content/192/3/1065.short

Razib talks to Alex Ioannidis on the new paper which he is a first author of which argues that there is pre-Columbian Native American ancestry in Eastern Polynesia. Did the Polynesians bring them back from the mainland? Or did they voyage themselves? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2487-2

Razib and Spencer talk about what a new ancient DNA paper from Neolithic Ireland suggests about radical inequality and power differentials in early agricultural societies, and what that says about the transition from hunting and gathering more generally https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2378-6 (also, coronavirus update!)…

Spencer and Razib discuss what the humanities can offer to science with Kerim Yasar, professor of East Asian literature https://twitter.com/nihonkyo

Razib talks to Dr. Emily Deans on what's like to work in psychiatry today in a world with personal genomics. https://twitter.com/evolutionarypsy

Spencer and Razib discuss current events in the context of cultural evolution. The history of decline, the American "Empire", and Peter Turchin's thoughts on social disorder http://peterturchin.com/cliodynamica/the_2020/

This week Razib talks to Dan Crouch about what we know about the genetics of the variation shape and features. https://www.pnas.org/content/115/4/E676.short

Spencer and Razib discuss the latest ancient DNA work that sheds light on East Asian prehistory (and also some coronavirus status update) https://reich.hms.harvard.edu/sites/reich.hms.harvard.edu/files/inline-files/YangSciecne2020.pdf (excuse the "sound effects" early in the podcast!)

Razib catches up with Chris Stinger on the state of paleoanthropology in 2020 and the ramifications of what genetics has taught us about the diversity in Denisovans in the past few years!

Razib talks to Chad Niederhuth at Michigan State on the promise of GMO agriculture! http://niederhuthlab.com/

Spencer and Razib discuss the state of the pandemic, why Spencer is skeptical of rapid vaccine development, and the political and cultural fallout of COVID-19. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/29/847755751/compared-to-china-u-s-stay-at-home-has-been-a-giant-garden-party-journalist-says https://medium.com/@spwells…