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Blue Genes and Boots
The Texas A&M Genetics Program has a podcast! Blue Genes & Boots is a podcast series where faculty and students talk about the fun science going on right here at Texas A&M University. Graduate students also share insights on how to pursue a PhD and jump-start a career in science.
Find Blue Genes & Boots on social media @GeneticsPodcast
TAMU Genetics Program Website: https://genetics.tamu.edu/
Blue Genes and Boots YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@geneticspodcast
Episodes
47 episodes
Prepping for Prelims with Emmarie and Tyler
Howdy, and welcome to Blue Genes and Boots everyone! In this episode Sam and Veronika spoke with third year GENE students, and newly minted PhD candidates, Emmarie Alexander and Tyler Chan. Emmarie came to our program from the Unive...
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Episode 47
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53:39
Bagging Boas with Dr. R. Graham Reynolds
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Veronika talks to Dr. R. Graham Reynolds. Dr. Reynolds is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina Asheville and an associate at the Museum of Compa...
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Episode 46
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41:19
Special Guests: Drs. Paul Christou and Makoto Saito
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Sarah talked to two speakers from the 2024 Genome Editing Symposium at Texas A&M: Dr. Paul Christou and Dr. Makoto Saito. Dr. Christou is an ICREA research professor...
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Episode 45
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53:28
Pioneering Science with George Church
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Anthony talks to Dr. George Church. Dr. Church is a Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Health Sciences and Technol...
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Episode 44
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52:38
Re-engineering Life with Dr. Qing Sun
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Samantha and Sarah talk to Dr. Qing Sun, one of our Genetics and Genomics Faculty members. Dr. Sun is an assistant professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical E...
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Episode 43
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49:40
Growing Maize using Drones and AI with Dr. Seth Murray
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Sarah and Veronika talk to Dr. Seth Murray. Dr. Murray is a professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and Eugene Butler Endowed Chair in Agricultural Biotechnology at...
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Episode 42
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55:02
SURGe into a Summer of Science
Howdy, and welcome to Blue Genes and Boots everyone! In this episode, Sarah spoke with four undergraduates from universities across the county who participated in our Summer Undergraduate Research in Genetics and Genomics (SURGe) program.
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Episode 41
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39:12
First Year in Review with Veronika and Charles
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots everyone! In this episode, Anthony Matarazzo speaks with Veronika Mojik and Charles Mitchell, two current PhD students in the TAMUGENE program. Veronika obtained her undergraduate degree from The Universi...
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Episode 40
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Kids and Camelids with Mayra Mendoza
In this episode Veronika Mojik talks with third year PhD candidate Mayra Mendoza about what it's like to traverse graduate school while being a mom to two boys! They also discuss Mayra's research on the alpaca genome and the in's and out's of r...
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Episode 39
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35:21
Dr. Jessica Light - Mammals, Morphology, and Mapping a Way through Graduate School
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Emmarie and Sarah talk to Dr. Jessica Light, a professor and curator of mammals in the Ecology and Conservation Biology department at Texas A&M University. She received her B...
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Fossil Viruses and Genetic Conflicts with Dr. Harmit Malik
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Emmarie and Veronika talk to Dr. Harmit Malik, a professor and associate director of the Basic Science Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. He receiv...
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Dr. Bruce Walsh - Math, Moths, and the Biology of Everything
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Emmarie and Serina talk to Dr. Bruce Walsh. Dr. Walsh is an Ecology and Evolutionary Biology professor at the University of Arizona. He earned his Ph.D. in genetics at the Univer...
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48:39
Bioinformatics for the Betterment of Science with Dr. Adam Phillippy
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Emmarie and Serina talk to Dr. Adam Phillippy. Dr. Phillippy is the director of the Center for Genomics and Data Science Research and the head of the Genome Informatic...
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52:36
Dr. Lily Sanchez - Breast Cancer Research and How to Be Fearless in Graduate School
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Khushboo and Sarah talk to Lilia Sanchez. Lily is a postdoctoral researcher who successfully defended her dissertation in Fall 2023! She is in Dr. Weston Porter’s lab ...
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35:15
Special Guest: Dr. Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis - How Genes are Born and Evolve
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots, everyone!In this episode, Serina talks to Dr. Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis. Dr. Carvunis is a computational and systems biology assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine....
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48:03
Special Guests: Drs. Matt Burg and Washington da Silva
Howdy everyone! In this episode, Joe and Anthony interview guests from Texas A&M’s 2023 Genome Editing Symposium. Dr. Matt Burg is a researcher at Solid Biosciences and Dr. Washington da Silva is a researcher at the Connecticut Agricultural...
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45:31
Special Guests: Drs. Jeffrey Barrick and Thomas Saunders - Genome Engineering of Honeybee Microbes, Mice, and More
Howdy everyone! In this episode, Joe and Anthony interview guests from Texas A&M’s 2023 Genome Editing Symposium. Dr. Jeffrey Barrick is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin where his research is focused on the develo...
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39:41
Diagnostics and Drug Discovery with Ben Thomas
Howdy everyone! In this episode, Joe and Brittni talk to Ben Thomas, a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics at Texas A&M. His lab is in the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology and ...
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42:17
From Aussie to Osteology: A Tale of Bone Research with Dr. Larry Suva
In this episode, Sarah interviews Dr. Larry Suva. Dr. Suva is a professor and is the department head of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M. He is also a member o...
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51:20
"I Have a Problem with Authority" with Dr. Zach Adelman
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots everyone!In this episode, Joe and Serina talk to faculty of genetics, Dr. Zach Adelman. Dr. Adelman is a professor of entomology and Chair of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics...
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33:24
Unraveling the Biology of Mosquitoes (and Bird Obsessions) with Esmé Cope
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots!In this episode, Serina and Aaron talk to Esmé Cope, a graduate student in the Texas A&M Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics and Genomics. Esmé works in Dr. Zach Adelman's laboratory, where...
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37:30
Cowboys, Cattle, Mathematics, and Genetics - Dr. David Riley
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots everyone!In this episode, Serina and Aaron talk to faculty of genetics, Dr. David Riley. Dr. Riley is a professor of genetics and animal breeding here at A&M, with a special focus on cattle ...
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40:39
From Industry to Academia with Anthony Matarazzo
In this episode, Sarah talks to fellow GENE student, Anthony Matarazzo. After receiving undergraduate degrees in Biology and Anthropology from the University of Florida, Anthony spent three years working in industry labs where he helped diagnos...
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38:37
Lions, Tigers, and Dr. Bill Murphy, Oh My!
Welcome to Blue Genes and Boots everyone!In this episode, Ashley and Emmarie talk to Dr. William Murphy. Dr. Murphy is a professor in the vet school at Texas A&M University, and his work focuses on comparative ge...
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40:03
Cotton and Communication (and the Origin of BGAB) with Serina Taluja
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 genet...
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