Heredity Podcast

We hear from Portia Wong and Paolo Momigliano about using samples seized from the illegal wildlife trade to inform the conservation of endangered pangolins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A team from universities in Connecticut tell us about their use of pangenomes to examine the status of mink populations in Florida, and an innovative programme that's training the next generation of researchers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Genetics Society Vice President Jonathan Pettitt discusses what Heredity's publication revenue is used for, and the scientific community benefits of publishing in society journals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Student Paper Prize for 2025 was won by Eléonore Lavanchy. Eléonore discusses her work, the winning paper and inbreeding in European Barn Owls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 2/2 from the 59th Popgroup meeting in Lille. Plenary speakers Claire Mérot and Denis Roze discuss their experience of the conference and the content of their talks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 1/2 from the 59th Popgroup meeting in Lille. Plenary speaker Florencia Camus talks about her experience of the conference and the content of her talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reproduction involves decisions about when to mate and who with. We know that high temperatures affect fertility, but how does this affect mating decisions and sexual selection within populations? Tilly Pembury Smith and Rhonda Snook tell us about their work using fruit files. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a parasitoid wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We often hear that invasive species are bad for the ecosystems they invade, but the consequences can seem remote and hard to grasp. In this episode we hear from Nitin Ravikanthachari and Carol Boggs about their study system where an invasive plant has very tangible effects for a native butterfly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Organisms are sensitive to temperature, but reproduction is likely to be affected at lower temperatures than survival. We're joined by Jessica McNeill & Caiti Smukowski Heil to talk about their work on meiosis in yeasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The genomes of organisms can tell us about evolutionary processes in the past - but can they also give clues about the future? André Yves and Fernanda Werneck tell us about their work on climate adaptation in Amazonian lizards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many Anolis lizards have a sail of colourful skin on their throats which they use to communicate, but how does something like that evolve? Find out with researchers Renata Pirani, Carlos Arias and Mike Logan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Biological invasions are a huge issue in contemporary biology. In this episode we hear from Teun Everts and Rein Brys, who are studying the American Bullfrog invasion of Belgium. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frank Burbrink and Ed Myers talk about their recent work on American Racers. Spatial patterns, hybridisation and why the shapes of evolutionary trees might be more complex than we thought. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing the recent theme of conservation genetics, we return to the sea with Marc Gose and Rob Ogden. They discuss their work on the white-beaked dolphin, and the importance of international collaboration to manage populations that span borders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Best student paper of 2024 winner Kate Rick, along with Brenton Von Takach and Kym Ottewell, discuss the use of genomics in Australian conservation efforts, and their study on the golden bandicoot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chérine Baumgartner and Andy Foote discuss working with orcas and their recent paper on diet and population dynamics in North Atlantic killer whales Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katja Guschanski discusses working with mammal evolution, museomics and her plenary talk at Popgroup 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Heredity editor Bastiaan Star (University of Oslo), we talk about his work with ancient fish DNA and why he enjoys working with Heredity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Genomics is about patterns, but finding them, or even knowing what to look for, is difficult. In this episode we talk to Noah Simon about the clever approaches he took to investigating the genomics of neuronal regeneration in mice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DNA sequence data promises to enable the study of biodiversity and its response to threats. However, much of this potential depends upon the availability of reference genomes. We hear about the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) from its Chairperson, Rob Waterhouse (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics). We also hear from ERGA member Will Nash (Earlham Institute) about his quest to understand the...

Even non-academics hear a lot these days about the peer review process, but how does this work behind the scenes? In this episode we meet another new associate editor, Sebastian Ramos Onsins. We also find out what editors do at the journal from Co-editor-in-chief Sara Goodacre and editorial assistant Sandra Huettenbuegel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The use of genetic simulations is gaining popularity. In this episode we learn about SLiM ( https://messerlab.org/slim/ ), one of the most popular software packages, from one of its creators - Ben Haller. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Down in the engine room of a scientific journal are its associate editors, they arbitrate the peer-review process and make the whole system run. Heredity's newest editor is Diala Abu Awad, in this episode we find out a bit about her and her work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Living near humans and human infrastructure has ecological effects on many species. Iberian wolf populations in human-dominated landscapes are unable to disperse as far as they would in the past. We find out how they are coping with this change, from Dr Carolina Pacheco, Dr Raquel Godinho and Dr Francisco Álvares.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.