Nevena Hristozova joins me on the show all the way from Brussels! We discuss her research with chaperones - stress related proteins, in plants under unfavorable environmental conditions.
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#50 Dr. Melina Fan about Addgene
Dr. Melina Fan joins me on the show to discuss plasmids. Dr. Fan is the Chief Scientific Officer and a co-founder of Addgene. Addgene is a nonprofit organization that operates a plasmid repository for the research community. Dr. Fan explains what plasmids are, highlights cool genes that are inserted into plasmids and how Addgene's plasmid repository works.
#48 Dr. Ellen Elliott on lncRNAs and CRISPR
Dr. Ellen Elliott discusses her research of lncRNAs in TH2 cells and asthma. and how she uses CRISPR to do it.
#47 Sharon Turcotte on lncRNAs
What a lncRNA is, its function in gene expression, the diseases associated, how the CRISPR-Cas can modify it.
#40 UCONN-TIP (Technology Intern Program)
Dr. Caroline Dealy returns to the show to discuss the UCONN-TIP (Technology Intern Program). She is the founder and director of the program. UCONN-TIP pairs UConn students with university start-up companies for mentored research internships in business or STEM. She shares what kind of research experience can students anticipate and how it can help in your career.
#32 Dr. Caroline Dealy, Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development
Dr. Caroline Dealy of UCONN Health gives an inside scoop about her research on the development of the human skeleton.
#30 Women In Genetics
10 women who made major contributions to the fields of microbiology and genetics are recognized.
#27 Interview with Dr. Jonathan Klassen
Dr. Klassen shares his research with fungus-growing ant symbiosis to understand how microbial interaction evolves.
#9 Dr. Rachel O'Neill Interview
Dr. Rachel O'Neill discusses her laboratory which researches molecular genetic and cytogenetics techniques to study centromere determinance.
#8 Denise Anamani Interview
Denise Anamani, Academic Coordinator for Molecular Diagnostic Genetic Students at UCONN, discusses the program.
#3 Can Genetic Manipulations Slow The Aging Process? 9/15/14
Aging, stem cells, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy are in the news. Scientists highlighted are James Watson and Francis Crick. Disorder of the week is Down Syndrome.
#2 Don't Forget Rosalind Franklin 9/8/14
Rosalind Franklin's contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA is explored, her role may be bigger than you think.