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Genome Annotation

Bioinformatician Tim Hubbard on the process of identifying genes, protein genes and RNA genes, and how many genes are there in the human genome

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Genome Medicine

Bioinformatician Tim Hubbard on the ‘100,000 Genomes Project’, how to use genome data in diagnostics and treatment and what challenges the genome medicine is facing

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Educational Achievement and Intelligence

Behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin on explaining genetic variance in intelligence, the Finnish educational model, and the probabilistic approach to genetic differences in children's abilities to learn

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Genetics and Education

Neuroscientist Michael Thomas on the heritability of intelligence, the predictive power of the DNA, and a reductionist explanation of children's educational outcomes

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Innate Immunity

Molecular biologist Greg Towers on interferons, uninfectable cells, and how breaking a virus can actually help it to infect the cell

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Behavioral Genetics

Behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin on twin studies, genetic influence of parents on their children, and 1% of DNA that makes people different

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DNA and Behavioral Genetics

Behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin on the prediction of GCSE results, reading disability, and the heritability of intelligence

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DNA Topology

Biophysicist Maxim Frank-Kamenetskii on DNA supercoiling, topoisomerases, and enigmatic organisation of chromosomes

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Chemotherapy

Molecular oncologist Matthias Dobbelstein on targeted therapies, gene p53, and DNA damage

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How to determine one’s ancestry using DNA tests?

Geneticist George Busby on mutations, African and European genomes, and genetic markers