Genetics in Your World
Genetics Society of America 25 episodes Oct 7, 2026
The Genetics in Your World podcast highlights noteworthy studies published in the Genetics Society of America journals GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. Each episode features conversations with authors about their research and why it matters for genetics and genomics. The show is produced by the GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee. It is aimed at listeners who want accessible insight into current genetics research.
Episodes
Natural Variation in C. elegans 1-octanol Olfactory Avoidance Behavior—A Conversation with Denise Ferkey
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee member X has a conversation with Denise Ferkey of University at Buffalo about how natural variation in C. elegans responds to odors. Using hundreds of wild strains from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource, the team found that wild worms were either as sensitive as the lab reference strain N2 to
Can We Reconstruct Evolution's Hidden History?—A Conversation with Colin LaMont
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee co-chair Anindya Ganguly and member Racheal Asaolu interview Colin LaMont of University of Oslo. They discuss LaMont's work which presents a new mathematical method for calculating how strongly selection favors a genetic variant directly from an evolutionary tree, without knowledge of exact population his
Curiosity and Compassion in Genetics—A Conversation with Dr. Randall J. Roper
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientists Multimedia Subcommittee member Racheal Asaolu has a conversation with Dr. Randall J. Roper of the School of Science at Indiana University. They discuss Roper's work. Read his paper titled, "Genetic analysis of triplicated genes affecting sex-specific skeletal deficits in Down syndrome model mice," published in the May 2026 issu
Mapping Whole-organism Genetic Comorbidities Across Model Species Using Unified Ontologies—A Conversation with Caitlin Peaslee
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientists Multimedia Subcommittee member Luke Arnce interviews Caitlin Peaslee of the Center for Embryonic Cell and Gene Therapy at Oregon Health and Science University about her research. Read her paper titled, "Mapping whole-organism genetic comorbidities across model species using unified ontologies," published in the April 2026 issue
Bridging Disciplines: How a Theory Meant to Aid in Saving Plant and Animal Species is Helping Scientists Reconsider an Evolutionary Approach to Cancer Treatment — A Conversation with Srishti Patil and Dr. Robert Noble
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee advisor Sarah Renee Phillips interviews Srishti Patil of the German Cancer Research Center and Dr. Robert Noble of City St. George's, University of London about their research. Read their paper titled, “Preventing evolutionary rescue in cancer using two-strike therapy,” published in the February 2026 issu
The Evolutionary Price of Family Ties in Caenorhabditis — A Conversation with Dr. Matt Rockman
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee member Debraj Manna interviews Dr. Matt Rockman of New York University about inbreeding depression in Caenorhabditis elegans. Read Dr. Rockman's paper titled, “Variation in inbreeding depression within and among Caenorhabditis species,” published in the December 2025 issue of G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics: h
Variation Reconsidered: Selection Schemes for Phenotypic Variability Beyond Trait Means — A Conversation with Dr. Shraddha Lall
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee co-chair Sarah Renee Phillips interviews Dr. Shraddha Lall of Harvard University about the evolution of variation in behavior in Drosophila. Read Dr. Lall’s paper titled, “Family-based selection: An efficient method for increasing phenotypic variability,” published in the October 2025 issue of G3: Genes|G
Age Is Just A Number: Mapping Longevity in Diversity Outbred Mice – A Conversation with Dr. Gary Churchill
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee member Faye Romero interviews Dr. Gary Churchill of the Jackson Laboratory about longevity-associated loci in diversity outbred mice. Read Dr. Churchill’s paper titled, “Analysis of lifespan across diversity outbred mouse studies identifies multiple longevity-associated loci,” published in the August 2025
Breaking New Ground in Telomeric Repeat Discovery – A Conversation with Dr. George Chung
In this installment of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee member Laetitia Chauve interviews Dr. George Chung, a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Dr. Kristin Gunsalus’s lab group at New York University’s Department of Biology, about a new algorithm he has developed to identify telomeres from long reads sequencing datasets. Read Dr. Chung's paper titled, “Te
Functions of Blm Helicase N-terminal IDR — A Conversation with Dr. Evan B. Dewey
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee member Allie Hutchings interviews Dr. Evan Dewey of Winthrop University about the functions of Blm helicase N-terminal IDR. Read Dr. Dewey's paper titled, “Functions of the Bloom syndrome helicase N-terminal intrinsically disordered region,” published in the March 2025 issue of GENETICS: https://doi.org/1
Breeding Better Berries: Inbreeding and Hybrid Vigor in Strawberries – A Conversation with Dr. Steven J. Knapp
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee member Faye Romero interviews Dr. Steven J. Knapp of the University of California, Davis about the genetics underlying increased hybrid performance in strawberry cultivars. Read Dr. Knapp’s paper titled, “A dominance hypothesis argument for historical genetic gains and the fixation of heterosis in octoplo
The Fourth Chromosome Resource Project – A conversation with Dr. Stuart Newfeld
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee chair Hassan Bukhari has a conversation with Dr. Stuart Newfeld of Arizona State University about the Fourth Chromosome Resource Project. Read Dr. Newfeld’s paper titled, “Fourth Chromosome Resource Project: a comprehensive resource for genetic analysis in Drosophila that includes humanized stocks,” publi
Perils of Being Human – A Conversation about Kinetochore Humanization with Dr. Guðjón Ólafsson
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee member Sarah Gilmour has a conversation with Dr. Guðjón Ólafsson of NYU Langone Health and University of Iceland about his attempts to “humanize” the yeast kinetochore and how the difficulties of doing so teach us about the evolution of essential kinetochore proteins. Read Dr. Ólafsson’s paper titled, “Hu
Building from the ground up: Pathogen 'omics in the age of advanced molecular methods — A conversation with Dr. Scott Dawson
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, GSA Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee member Sarah Renee Phillips has a conversation with Dr. Scott Dawson of UC Davis about the unique biology and challenges of studying the parasite Giardia lamblia. Read Dr. Dawson’s paper titled, “Harnessing the power of new genetic tools to illuminate Giardia biology and pathogenesis,” published in the Ju
How C. elegans protect its genome with piRNAs – A Conversation with Dr. Jordan Brown
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, Early Career Scientist Multimedia Subcommittee member Tammy Lee has a conversation with Dr. Jordan Brown, a recent alumnus from the University of Chicago, about factors involved in gene silencing mediated by small RNAs. Read Dr. Brown’s paper titled, “Sensitized piRNA reporter identifies multiple RNA processing factors involved in piRNA-mediated gene sile
Interrogating Fungal Pathogens and Inspired Leadership – A Discussion With Dr. Christina Cuomo
In this episode of Genetics in Your World, Sarah Renee Phillips interviews Dr. Christina Cuomo about her paper "Impact of pathogen genetics on clinical phenotypes in a population of Talaromyces marneffei from Vietnam," published in the August 2023 issue of GENETICS. Dr. Cuomo elaborates on the diversity and evolution of a deadly fungal pathogen from southeast Asia and how she and her colleagues us
Unexpected Discoveries in Drosophila – A Conversation with Dr. Hunter Hill
In this installment of Genetics in Your World, we talk to Dr. Hunter Hill of the University of Montana. He discusses unexpected recent discoveries made while completing his PhD with Dr. Kent Golic at the University of Utah, surrounding new and exciting data about the breakage pattern of chromosomes in Drosophila. He provides advice for others when encountering obstacles during their graduate studi
HIMs and ZIMs in C. elegans meiosis – A Conversation with Ting Gong
In this installment of Genetics in Your World, we talk to Ting Gong of UC Davis. She discusses the surprising results she found when disrupting meiotic chromosome segregation in C. elegans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Science is like a detective story!" – A Conversation with Dr. Francis Collins
Join us for a special episode of Genetics in Your World where we interview previous National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Dr. Francis Collins. In this episode, Francis discusses his pathway into science, how he deals with failures in research, and his advice for future scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Happy accidents in the lab – A Discussion with Dr. Thomas Merritt
“What do penicillin, saccharine, post-it notes, and x-ray machines have in common? They were all the outcome of happy accidents in the laboratory. Listen to Genetics in Your World: Episode 5 to find out how a bad day in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Merritt turned treasure gold.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A new wormy role model for genetics – A Discussion with Dr. Mengyi Cao
A new role model for genetics? Tune into this latest episode of Genetics in Your World podcast where Dr. Cao from Caltech shares her team’s development of a new genetically tractable model system in the #nematode Steinernema hermaphroditum! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Building a MAP for growth – A Discussion with Dr. Rose King
A MAP for growth?🙂 Listen to the latest Genetics in your world podcast episode where Dr. King tells us how she developed novel tools to better understand the unreported roles of MT-associated proteins within the nucleus of budding yeast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
CRISPRi in the fission yeast – A Discussion with Dr. Ken Ishikawa
Gene repression with the efficiency and specificity of CRISPR in yeast is no longer a dream! In this episode of Genetics in your world, Dr. Ishikawa tells us about how he and colleagues adapted CRISPR interference for fission yeast, allowing controllable reversible and efficient transcriptional repression. Check out the paper,— “Implementation of dCas9-mediated CRISPRi in the fission yeast Schizos
Resistance is Futile – A Discussion with Dr. Richard Gomulkiewicz
In this episode of Genetics in your world, we speak with Dr. Richard Gomulkiewicz about the evolution of gene drive resistance. With the discovery of CRISPR-Cas systems, scientists realized that they could engineer gene drives for a number of different applications. Using alleles with an “unfair” transmission advantage, we can design gene drives to help eradicate malaria vectors, agricultural pest
A Discussion with Dr. Katherine Maniates
Make sure to check out this paper—Sperm fate is promoted by the mir-44 microRNA family in the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite germline—that was published in Genetics in Jan 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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