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The Genetics Podcast

Exploring all things genetics. Dr Patrick Short, University of Cambridge alumnus and CEO of Sano Genetics, analyses the science, interviews the experts, and discusses the latest findings and breakthroughs in genetic research. To find out more about Sano Genetics and its mission to accelerate the future of precision medicine visit: www.sanogenetics.com

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EP 85: Dr Jessica Kissinger on large-scale parasite...

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2022/09/29

Dr Jessica Kissinger and her collaborators run some of the world's largest databases of multi-omic data from eukaryotic parasites. In this episode, we explore major findings in the field and Dr Kissinger's vision of large-scale interoperable datasets driving novel discoveries. Plus, Dr Kissinger shares her recent and personal experience of diagnosis with a rare disease, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, that puts everything into perspective.

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EP 84: Mark Kotter, CEO, and Founder of bit.bio, on...

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2022/09/01

Doctors have been transplanting organs for decades, but can we transplant reprogrammed stem cells to rejuvenate the human body? This week Patrick discusses transcriptional reprogramming, and bit.bio's opti-ox technology that has the potential to create every cell type and help kickstart a cell therapy revolution. With Mark Kotter Ph.D., neurosurgeon, and CEO and Founder of bit.bio.

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EP 83: Daphne Koller, Founder & CEO of Insitro -...

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2022/08/11

About this Episode: This week’s guest, Daphne Koller, is the Founder and CEO of Insitro - a company shifting the paradigm of new drug discovery using predictive models. Patrick and Daphne talk about why she founded Insitro, how to create unified datasets, and the importance of being realistic about drug discovery.

2739:46

EP 82: Lessons from the world's largest genomic...

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2022/07/13

This week’s guest, Daniel MacArthur, is the Director of the Centre for Population Genomics at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Daniel and Patrick discuss the impact of large-scale genetic datasets on patient diagnosis and treating genetic subtypes of disease, the power of big data and consortiums to enable pioneering discoveries, and give advice for early career researchers thinking about the dichotomy between industry and academia.

2558:46

EP 81: Cracking the druggable genome with Dietrich...

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2022/06/29

This week Patrick is joined by Dietrich Stephan, Founder and CEO of NeuBase Therapeutics. They discuss how to overcome the challenges of ’un-druggable’ diseases, how Neubase is cracking the druggable genome using its scalable technology, and how biotech companies are innovating to secure the investment needed to accelerate precision medicine during a challenging period for the industry.

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EP 80: Rare disease genomics and the 'near-coding'...

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2022/06/15

From decoding the genetics of rare disease using computational methods, to understanding the non-coding and 'near-coding' genome, this week Patrick is joined by Nicky Whiffin, Group Leader at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics and Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the University of Oxford. They discuss what it's like to create a brand new research group and the potential impact of whole genome sequencing on diagnosis rates.

1824:46

EP 79: The Unknown Causes of Kidney Disease Project...

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2022/06/01

In this week’s episode Patrick is joined by Michael Spigler, Vice President of Patient Support and Education at American Kidney Fund. They discuss how making genetic testing mainstream could significantly improve patient outcomes, why black Americans are four times more likely to experience chronic kidney failure, and what can be done to reduce the number of patients needing dialysis.

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EP 78: From datasets to front-line healthcare;...

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2022/05/18

This week Patrick is joined by Sir Peter Donnelly, CEO of Genomics PLC and Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford. They discuss how to get from data to implementation in the clinic, the challenges of polygenic risk scores including prediction across different ethnic backgrounds, and the role of genomics in drug discovery.

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EP 77: The journey to novel gene therapies for...

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2022/05/04

This week’s guest is Laurence Reid, CEO at Decibel Therapeutics. He talks to Patrick about the journey to deliver novel gene therapies to patients with genetic hearing loss and balance disorders, the future of tackling hearing issues at birth, and his experience learning about the field of inner-ear biology and taking up the role of CEO at Decibel.

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EP 76: The UK Biobank Whole Genome Sequencing...

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2022/04/20

This week Patrick is joined by three pioneering guests united by one ground-breaking project: the UK BioBank’s Whole Genome Sequencing Project. Dr Mark Effingham, Deputy CEO of UK Biobank; Dr Kári Stefánsson, Founder and CEO of deCODE Genetics, and Professor Marylyn Ritchie, University of Pennsylvania, discuss the goals of the collaboration, it’s challenges, and the potential it has to change the future of genomics research.

2458:46

EP 75: Participant engagement in genomics research,...

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2022/04/06

This week’s guest is Nathalie Kingston, Director of the NIHR BioResource. She talks to Patrick about how the scale of the BioResource has grown dramatically over the last nine years, her most exciting moments as Director to date, and how the BioResource is using Sano's technology to accelerate and support its research programmes.

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EP 74: Biggest breakthroughs of 2021 with...

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2021/12/19

In the last episode of the year, Patrick joins forces with the host of the Personalized Medicine Podcast, Oleksandr Yagensky, to discuss six of the biggest and most exciting breakthroughs in genetics research in 2021. They talk about developments including cancer testing in healthy people, newborn genetic screening, AI and machine learning, stem cells, and more.

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EP 73: Ochre Bio: Building an in-silico liver model...

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2021/11/24

In this week’s episode Patrick speaks to Quin Wills and Jack O’ Meara, Co-Founders of Ochre Bio, about their founding story, why in-silico discoveries could be the road to faster and lower cost liver therapeutics, and the need for prioritising preventative measures against disease as the average human lifetime gets longer.

1945:46

EP72: The DecodeME team on the challenges facing...

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2021/11/10

In this week’s episode Patrick speaks to Sonya Chowdhury, Chris Ponting and Andy Devereux-Cooke from the DecodeME project, the world’s largest genetic myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome study. They discuss the symptoms of ME, the challenges facing ME and chronic fatigue patients, the issues surrounding funding and the future of personalised treatments.

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EP 71: Chief Medical Officer at LyGenesis, Professor...

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2021/10/29

This week’s guest, Paulo Fontes, is a Professor of Surgery and Chief Medical Officer at LyGenesis, an organ regeneration technology platform with a current focus on liver regeneration for patients with end stage liver disease. He talks to Patrick about how our lymph nodes can act as a 'bioreactor' to regrow functioning organs, how liver cells could be used in multiple transplants, and shares his thoughts on the future of organ transplants.

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EP 70: The University of Oxford's Professor Cecilia...

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2021/10/14

In this week’s episode Patrick speaks to Director of the Big Data Institute at University of Oxford, Professor Cecilia Lindgren, about her biggest eureka moment, the power of collaboration and consortiums across academia and industry to grow genetic sample sizes and accelerate research, and the importance of best practice standards to enable genetic research to scale successfully.

2441:46

EP 69: Chief Scientific Officer at Parkinson's...

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2021/09/24

What is the role of genetics in Parkinson’s disease? From the impact of variants in the LRRK2 gene, to the need to expand PD research in diverse populations to aid the development of new medicines, this week’s guests, Dr Ignacio Mata and Dr James Beck, talk to Patrick about the history, and future, of precision medicine development in Parkinson’s disease.

2213:46

EP 68: Dr Patrick Short features on GIANT’s Healthy...

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2021/09/01

In this special episode we’re sharing Patrick’s guest appearance on GIANT’s Healthy Innovators Podcast. He talks to the podcast’s host, Barry Shrier, about the need to accelerate the development of new treatment options, how personalised medicine is changing the future of healthcare and what it takes to create a successful startup in the genomic medicine landscape.

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EP 67: Dr Anna Lewis from the Edmond J. Safra Center...

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2021/08/18

As more and more people get their DNA sequenced, through health care initiatives, biobanks and direct-to-consumer testing, an array of ethical questions arise. From how results are shared with research participants, to the ambiguities surrounding gene editing, Patrick and this week’s guest, Dr Anna Lewis, Research Associate at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard, dive deep into the big questions surrounding genetics and medicine.

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EP 66: Professor David Strain, Senior Clinical...

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2021/08/04

For many Long COVID patients the debilitating long-term symptoms they experience emerged after what, at first, appeared to be a mild COVID-19 infection. Professor David Strain, Senior Clinical Lecturer at University of Exeter Medical School and Honorary Consultant in Medicine, speaks to Patrick about the patterns he saw emerge while working on the frontline of the pandemic. From the first time David attended a meeting about COVID-19, at a 3am webinar broadcast from China, to working with Sano to

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