Blue Genes and Boots

Cotton and Communication (and the Origin of BGAB) with Serina Taluja

Texas A&M Genetics Graduate Program

Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots everyone!


In this episode, Anthony and Ramiah talk to Serina Taluja. Serina is the founder and creative director for this podcast, in addition to being a fourth year graduate student in the genetics program. She's in Dr. David Stelly’s lab, and her graduate work has been focused on characterizing and manipulating meiotic recombination in cotton to increase overall diversity in cultivated species.


If you want to know more about the Genetics program at Texas A&M or the research discussed in this episode, please visit the following websites:


Stelly Lab: https://soilcrop.tamu.edu/people/stelly-david-m/

Serina’s Science Blog: https://serinataluja.wixsite.com/blog

Genetics IDP: https://genetics.tamu.edu 

Genetics Graduate Student Association: https://g2sa.tamu.edu