Pro genealogist Nicka Smith discusses direct to consumer DNA testing and its role in retracing African American Ancestry.
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#105 Secret Sequence on Genetic Privacy
Jason Corbiere and Austin Maier, founders of Secret Sequence, discuss data security of genetic tests results.
#91 Ellen Matloff on Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing
DTC tests (23andMe, Ancestry etc.) versus medical grade testing, and My Gene Counsel’s impact in genetic testing.
#80 Rafi Mendelsohn on DNA Quest for Adoptees
Biological families reunited through MyHeritage's free DNA testing initiative.
#79 Bibaswan Ghoshal on the Human Microbiome
How bioinformatics help us learn about the human microbiome
#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.
#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.