The Genomics Lab
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Transposons and epigenetic priming of enhancers within early human embryo development with Dr Christopher Todd
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode I spoke again to Dr Christopher Todd from the Babraham institute. Chris is a postdoctoral researcher in Wolf Reiks lab who talked t...
Neuroscience meets epigenetics - Doctor Ben Rein
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TGL made it to 2022! On todays episode, I spoke to Dr Benjamin Rein, a neuroscientist all the way from Stanford. We speak all about Bens experie...
Spatial transcriptomics with Dr Patrick CN Martin
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode I spoke again to Dr Patrick CN Martin from the Biotech research and innovation centre at the University of Copenhagen, about spatia...
Epigenetics & fertility with Alka Gupta
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week I spoke to Alka Gupta. Alka has just finished up her PhD and begun her postdoctoral position at UCSC in the Sharma Lab where she is now work...
Biomarkers in genomics with Dr Paul Okunieff
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I speak to Dr Paul Okunieff , founder and consultant of Diacarta. DiaCarta is a leading translational genomics and personalized diagnostics comp...
The dark matter of the genome with Sudarshan Pinglay
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On todays episode, I speak to Sudarshan Pinglay, a PhD student from NYU medical center. Sudarshan is involved in the dark matter project- we talk abou...
The immune system: B cells and Epigenetics with Dr Hamish King
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In todays episode, I speak to Dr Hamish King, a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow affiliated with the Blizard Institute at Queen Mary University of London. Ha...
Epigenetic biomarkers of exposure to tobacco smoke : A biosocial approach with Alexandria Andrayas
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 29 of The Genomics Lab! On today's episode we talk to Alexandria Andrayas who is a PhD candidate in the Soc-B Centre for doctoral t...
Dissecting the binding mechanisms of Transcription Factors to DNA with Dr Patrick CN Martin
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 28 of The Genomics Lab! On today's episode we talk to Dr.Patrick CN Martin who is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Co...
Remote control of gene expression: enhancers and the 4D genome with Professor Wendy Bickmore
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are honoured to host Professor Wendy Bickmore, the Director of the MRC Human Genetics unit at the University of Edinburgh. Wendys researc...
Rattlesnakes and Population Genomics with Kat Ivey
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back! Today we are talking to Kathleen Ivey, a PhD student from the University of Texas at Arlington in the Castoe Lab. Kat talks to us all ab...
Making connections between epigenetics and evolution with Dr Peter Sarkies
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back for another episode! This week we chat to Dr Peter Sarkies from Imperial College London / MRC LMS! Peter is a senior lecturer running his...
Epigenetic regulation in neurodegenerative diseases with Dr Sarah Marzi
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On todays episode, we talk to Dr Sarah Marzi from Imperial College London all about her work into the epigenetic regulation in neurodegenerative disea...
DNA nanotechnology with Dr Andrew J Lee
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we took a slight detour away from our normal topic of conversation (Genomics) and immersed ourselves into the world of DNA nanotechnology wi...
Non-CG Methylation and its Role in Development with Dr Ozren Bogdanovic
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our second guest from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, is DrOzren Bogdanovic. We are so privileged to talk today to Ozren about his...
The association between socioeconomic factors, the methylome and heart failure with Dr Mark Pepin and Dr Adam Wende
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On todays episode we speak to Dr Adam Wende and Dr Mark Pepin! We discuss their recent publication which has been all over twitter recently! During th...
Extrachromosomal circular DNA, chromosome evolution & circular DNA in human disease with the Regenberg Lab (Dr Birgitte Regenberg and Dr Sam Keating)
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we speak to Dr Birgitte Regenberg and Dr Sam Keating from the Regenberg Lab, University of Copenhagen, about extrachromosomal circu...
Single Cell Technology Development and Spatial Omics with Dr Cátia Moutinho
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've reached episode 20!!! In celebration of our twentieth episode, we are speaking today to Dr Cátia Moutinho about single cell sequencing and spat...
The importance of DNA damage in all areas of disease and the potential for personally tailored oncological treatments based on the analysis of DNA damage using machine learning, with Dr Anna Poetsch
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we speak to Anna Postsch. Anna is a group leader at the biotechnology center at the University Dresden! Her group employs computational te...
Cancer epigenetics & the role of Ybx1 in fine tuning PRC2 activity to control embryonic brain development with Dr Myron Evans
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks episode we are discussing Cancer and developmental biology in genomics with Dr Myron Evans! Myron is currently a post doctoral research ...
The role of Yq-linked genes in fertility and offspring sex ratio with Dr Peter Ellis
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back after the Easter Break with an extremely interesting episode with Dr Peter Ellis from the School of Biosciences at the University of Kent! ...
DNA methylation & epigenetic reprogramming during development with Dr Maxim Greenberg
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us today as we speak to Dr Maxim Greenberg, located at the Institut Jacques Monod in the heart of Paris. IJM is one of the premier institutes for...
The Role of Mitochondrial Quality Control Pathways in Familial and Non-Familial Variants of Disease, with David Tumbarello
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us today as we speak to Dr David Tumbarello, from the University of Southampton, as he talks to us about his dynamic and varied academic career t...
Evolutionary genomics- exploring the genomic basis of biological adaptations and transitions with Dr Jordi Paps Montserrat
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we speak to Dr Jordi Paps-Montserrat, lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol. Jordi did his Ph...
Genomic analysis of the Ashanti Dwarf pig of Ghana and Sustainable agricultural production utilising genomic tools with Sethlina Naa Dodua Aryee
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join us today as we speak to an inspirational Woman in STEM, Sethlina Naa Dodua Aryee, raised in Ghana, who moved to the University of Cambridge to co...
Celebrating Women in STEM for International Women's Day, with Dr Louise Beard and Dr Michelle Taylor: Bonus Ep2
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In order to celebrate International Women's Day 2021, we have picked two inspirational role models at our University and invited them to speak to us a...
CTCF binding, nucleosome positioning and 3D chromatin organization with Dr Christopher Clarkson
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we are excited to be talking to Dr Christopher Clarkson, currently based at UCL, where he has just started a post-doctoral researc...
Designer Babies, Disseminating Science, and Dinosaurs with Professor Darren Griffin
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we are privileged to be speaking to Professor Darren Griffin, who is currently based at the University of Kent, where he is the di...
Running a genomics core facility and discussing careers in genomics - Nicky Hales
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Don't miss today's episode, as we are joined by Nicky Hales, who runs a Genomics Core Facility in Texas! This episode is a little different to usual, ...
Social media in academia and networking as a PhD student - Joseph Festa and Brad Richardson (Bonus Ep1)
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Something a little different - our first BONUS episode. Today we talk to Brad and Joe about our experience of using social media as a networking an sc...
Epigenetic biomarkers of exposure to tobacco smoke : A biosocial approach - Alexandria Andrayas
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 6 of The Genomics Lab! On today's episode we talk to Alexandria Andrayas who is a PhD candidate in the Soc-B Centre for doctoral tr...
Using explainable AI to understand the enhancer histone modification code - Jareth Wolfe
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 5 of The Genomics Lab! On today's episode we talk to Jareth Wolfe who is a final year PhD student at the University of Essex. We ta...
How neuroepigenetics can help us to better understand spinal cord injury -Jess Chadwick
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 1 of The Genomics Lab! On today's episode we talk to Jess Chadwick who is a third year PhD researcher at Imperial College London. S...
Identifying genetic variants for inherited retinal disease - Laura Whelan
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 3 of The Genomics Lab! On today's episode we talk to Laura Whelan, who is a PhD researcher at the School of Genetics & Microbio...