Genetics in Your World

By Genetics Society of America

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Ep.4 A new wormy role model for genetics - a discussion with Dr. Mengyi Cao

Genetics in Your WorldDec 09, 2022

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Ep.4 A new wormy role model for genetics - a discussion with Dr. Mengyi Cao

A new role model for genetics? Tune into this latest episode of Genetics in Your World podcast where Dr. Cao from Caltech shares her team’s development of a new genetically tractable model system in the #nematode Steinernema hermaphroditum!

Dec 09, 202229:58

Ep.3. Building a MAP for growth - a Discussion with Dr. Rose King

A MAP for growth?🙂 Listen to the latest Genetics in your world podcast episode where Dr. King tells us how she developed novel tools to better understand the unreported roles of MT-associated proteins within the nucleus of budding yeast.

Sep 19, 202226:59

Ep.2. CRISPRi in the fission yeast - a discussion with Dr. Ken Ishikawa

Gene repression with the efficiency and specificity of CRISPR in yeast is no longer a dream! In this episode of Genetics in your world, Dr. Ishikawa tells us about how he and colleagues adapted CRISPR interference for fission yeast, allowing controllable reversible and efficient transcriptional repression. Check out the paper,— “Implementation of dCas9-mediated CRISPRi in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe,”—that was published in the February 2021 issue of G3.

Apr 28, 202222:47

Ep.1. Resistance is Futile: A Discussion with Dr. Richard Gomulkiewicz

In this episode of Genetics in your world, we speak with Dr. Richard Gomulkiewicz about the evolution of gene drive resistance. With the discovery of CRISPR-Cas systems, scientists realized that they could engineer gene drives for a number of different applications. Using alleles with an “unfair” transmission advantage, we can design gene drives to help eradicate malaria vectors, agricultural pests, or even invasive species. Check out the paper, “Evading resistance to gene drives,”which was published in the February 2021 issue of GENETICS.

Jan 26, 202229:21

Ep.0. A Discussion with Dr. Katherine Maniates

Make sure to check out this paper—Sperm fate is promoted by the mir-44 microRNA family in the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite germline—that was published in Genetics in Jan 2021.

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