The Jenes Pod

Today, we have a special guest on The Jenes Pod: Dr. Jonathan Choi from CUHK!!! In this episode, we discuss his aims for his research, the field of biomedical engineering, and delve deep into specific examples of his research from papers I found the most interesting. I hope you enjoy as this is certainly the most special episode I have recorded so far.  Here are the websites and papers I have refe...

Today, we divert a bit away from genes to focus on the DNA itself, and namely, DNA nanotechnology and its various uses. From 2D crystals, 3D crystals, dynamical systems, integration with transition metals, organic molecules, and other nanomaterials, this paper I've stumbled upon ("DNA Nanotechnology" by Nadrian C. Seaman and Hanadi F. Sleiman) was just too cool not to share. So toda...

We've all heard about the butterfly effect, a small action causing a big consequence. But how about the butterfly effect in the context of the human body? Well, at the Jenes Pod, of course, I'm going to link it to genetics, with the prime suspect of the butterfly effect coming from a phenomenon called the single nucleotide polymorphism or SNP. So yes that's what we're going to...

Sorry for the late upload, kind of got sick while this episode was in development and got swamped by work as I went back to school! This episode is about TP53, a tumor suppressor gene critical when fighting one of the world's biggest medical evils, big C, cancer. I also recently wrote a review paper which investigated the different utilisations of TP53 in cancer treatment, which lead me to wr...

ONLY READ THIS AFTER THE MUSIC HAS PLAYED, DON’T SPOIL YOURSELF! I read Five Feet Apart when I was 13 I think. Looking past all the love and romance (a genre that eventually became my guilty pleasure when it came to my summer reading that year), it introduced a specific disease to me, cystic fibrosis. This was important as it was the first genetic disease that I’ve heard of besides cancer, leading...

Hello everyone, welcome to the first ACTUAL episode of The Jenes Podcast where we will be highlighting one of the most exciting genetic discoveries in modern science, CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing! This piece of technology was what first made me interested in looking into genetics in the first place when I was back in primary school, so I hope I am able to show you the awesomeness of CRISPR-Cas9 today...

Helloooo  This is just the start for Jenes, a podcast to inform the general public about the genetic engineering and technology of tomorrow.  Keep your eyes out for the first episode coming out later this May!