Co-Founder/CEO of Onevoice shares how his new community building software solution supports the rare disease community.
#59 Scott Weissman on Genetic Counseling Private Practice
Discuss the subfields of genetic counseling cardiogenetics, hereditary cancer genetics, direct-to-consumer tests and carrier screening.
#58 Joanne Kamens on Gender Equality in Science
Dr. Joanne Kamens discusses gender equality in work environments, specifically in scientific fields and finding different careers in science through networking.
#57 Georgia Hurst on Lynch Syndrome
Patient advocate talks about her hereditary cancer syndrome and offers her expertise and experience.
#56 Brianne Kirkpatrick on Ancestry Genetic Testing
Entrepreneur/genetic counselor discusses the importance of family health history awareness month, ancestry DNA testing and other direct-to-consumer genetic tests.
#55 Sharon Begley on CRISPR, a BRCA Event
A science communicator of 40 years, Sharon Begley, shares her insight on CRISPR’s impact on advances in research. Event about the environmental factor of breast cancer is reviewed.
#54 NYS Regional Cytogenetics Meeting
A review of the NYS Regional Cytogenetics Meeting and a preview of 3 epigenetic UCONN events you can attend in the next 2 weeks.
#53 Ginger Nichols on MotherToBaby
Genetic counselor, Ginger Nichols, shares about what the MotherToBaby service offers and other information for pregnant and nursing women.
#52 Charcot Marie Tooth Interview
Patient advocates Bernadette Scarduzio and Allison Moore share about CMT, their documentary and the Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation.
#51 Nevena Hristozova on Stress Proteins in Plants
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.
#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.
#49 Brittany Gancarz on Prenatal Genetic Counseling
Prenatal genetic counselor Brittany Gancarz talks about the field of genetic counseling, busts a few genetic counseling myths and announces a new genetic counseling program in Connecticut!
#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.
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#47 Sharon Turcotte on lncRNAs
What a lncRNA is, its function in gene expression, the diseases associated, how the CRISPR-Cas can modify it.
#46 DNA Day!
Learn what DNA is, the history of humans discovering new aspects of DNA, the fun events you can take part in and careers that all relate to DNA.
#45 Hole In The Wall Gang Camp
Former camper and current camp counselor, Ester Wasserman shares the magic of camp, how it was founded, what it offers to seriously ill children campers and her own experience through the years.
#44 CRISPR
CRISPR is a genetic editing technology that will change the future of genetics. In the past 3 years it has been used in labs throughout the world. It has the potential to fix point mutations and larger mutations in our genome. Diseases caused by point mutations include Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle Cell Anemia, and Tay-Sachs disease. More complex conditions such as cancer, HIV or autism could be cured if the RNA gene editing is developed further.
#43 Lynch Syndrome
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), more commonly known as Lynch syndrome, is an inherited condition that greatly increases the risk of many cancers, most notably colorectal cancer.
#42 Women In Bioscience: Let There Be No Limit
Jackson Laboratories held The Bioscience Career Forum II: Women in Biosciences. The Forum centered on recruiting and retaining women in the biosciences. Women leaders in the bioscience industry discussed what it takes to enter Connecticut's most rapidly developing sector. Topics included equalizing the the gender gap in the biosciences, vital skill acquisition and training, the importance of networking and finally, how to land job.