Naked Genetics, from the Naked Scientists
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The genetics of germs
14 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Our world - and our bodies - are teeming with bacteria. And although some of them are friendly, many of them are not. Plus, electrifying news about ba...
Stop bugging me! The genetics of bedbugs and other insects
13 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
They suck your blood, hitch-hike on your luggage, and are a growing threat to the hotel industry. Bedbugs are a growing problem in the modern jet-set ...
Epigenetics and reprogramming - turning back the clock
13 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
We've all heard of the genetic code - the letters that spell out the instructions in our DNA. But that's not the whole story. Researchers are increasi...
Genes and genomes
13 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
It's now over a decade since the human genome was first sequenced, costing over a billion pounds and taking 13 years. Today, we're close to the thousa...
Hacking biology - synthetic DNA and experimental evolution
13 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Every biology student is familiar with DNA - the ladder-like blueprint of life built on a backbone of the sugar deoxyribose. Scientists are now hackin...
Tackling neurodegenerative diseases
13 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Complex, mysterious and currently incurable - the challenge for researchers working on neurodegenerative diseases is huge. We'll be finding out how sc...
The world of top (genetics) models
13 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This month we're taking a look at the world of top models - not the kind that won't get out of bed for less than ten grand, but the model organisms us...
Developmental genetics - from one cell to many
13 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This month we're taking a trip into the world of developmental genetics, finding out how an animal grows from one cell into many millions as it develo...
Genes and evolution - from populations to tumours
14 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
From whole populations to individual cancers, we're taking a look at genes and evolution. We're also talking about dogs and their diseases, shining a ...