EP 89: Baroness Nicola Blackwood on the UK's leading role in delivering 'genomic healthcare for everyone'

November 24th, 2022  |  33 mins 22 secs

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This week Patrick is joined by Baroness Nicola Blackwood of North Oxford. Nicola is chair of Genomics England, a diverse community of genomic clinicians and researchers providing a world-class service platform for genetic testing to patients.

EP 88: Precision oncology: how Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is powering care today and the treatments of the future with Christine Ward (Takeda) and Geoff Oxnard (Foundation Medicine)

November 10th, 2022  |  42 mins 30 secs

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In this episode, guests Christine Ward, VP and Head of Oncology and Cell Therapy Precision & Translational Medicine at Takeda and Geoff Oxnard, Thoracic Oncologist and VP of Foundation Medicine talk to Patrick about Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in precision oncology.

EP 87: Representation Matters: Why equitable access and community engagement are critical in genetic research

October 27th, 2022  |  49 mins 46 secs

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In the age of precision medicine, ensuring equitable access and representation from participants of all communities is of vital importance when conducting genetic research.

EP 86: Heidi Rehm PhD, Chief Genomics Officer at Massachusetts General Hospital on curating and collaborating genomic datasets to guide the future of diagnostic and clinical research

October 13th, 2022  |  36 mins 59 secs

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Patrick speaks to Heidi Rehm who is at the top of the field of genome interpretation and medical genetics.

EP 85: Dr Jessica Kissinger on large-scale parasite genomics and the power of multi-omic data

September 29th, 2022  |  33 mins 55 secs

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In this episode, we explore major findings in the field and Dr Kissinger's vision of large-scale interoperable datasets driving novel discoveries. Plus, Dr Kissinger shares her recent and personal experience of diagnosis with a rare disease, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, that puts everything into perspective.

EP 84: Mark Kotter, CEO, and Founder of bit.bio, on creating every cell type and kickstarting a cell therapy revolution

September 1st, 2022  |  34 mins 50 secs

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Doctors have been transplanting organs for decades, but can we transplant reprogrammed stem cells to rejuvenate the human body?

EP 83: Daphne Koller, Founder & CEO of Insitro - Integrating machine learning and biology at scale to reimagine drug discovery

August 11th, 2022  |  45 mins 10 secs

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This week’s guest, Daphne Koller, is the Founder and CEO of Insitro - a company shifting the paradigm of new drug discovery using predictive models.

EP 82: Lessons from the world's largest genomic datasets with Daniel MacArthur, Director of the Centre for Population Genomics.

July 13th, 2022  |  45 mins 39 secs

This week’s guest, Daniel MacArthur, is the Director of the Centre for Population Genomics at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Murdoch Children's Research Institute.

EP 81: Cracking the druggable genome with Dietrich Stephan, Founder and CEO of NeuBase Therapeutics

June 29th, 2022  |  42 mins 38 secs

This week Patrick is joined by Dietrich Stephan, Founder and CEO of NeuBase Therapeutics.

EP 80: Rare disease genomics and the 'near-coding' genome with Nicky Whiffin, Group Leader at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics

June 15th, 2022  |  24 mins 39 secs

From decoding the genetics of rare disease using computational methods, to understanding the non-coding and 'near-coding' genome, this week Patrick is joined by Nicky Whiffin, Group Leader at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics and Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the University of Oxford.

EP 79: The Unknown Causes of Kidney Disease Project with Michael Spigler, Vice President of Patient Support and Education at American Kidney Fund

June 1st, 2022  |  30 mins 24 secs

In this week’s episode Patrick is joined by Michael Spigler, Vice President of Patient Support and Education at American Kidney Fund.

EP 78: From datasets to front-line healthcare; polygenic risk scores and genomic prediction with Prof Sir Peter Donnelly, CEO of Genomics PLC

May 18th, 2022  |  45 mins 49 secs

This week Patrick is joined by Sir Peter Donnelly, CEO of Genomics PLC and Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford.

EP 77: The journey to novel gene therapies for hearing loss and balance disorders with Laurence Reid, CEO at Decibel Therapeutics

May 4th, 2022  |  36 mins 30 secs

This week’s guest is Laurence Reid, CEO at Decibel Therapeutics.

EP 76: The UK Biobank Whole Genome Sequencing Project: building the future of genomics research with Dr Mark Effingham, Dr Kári Stefánsson and Professor Marylyn Ritchie

April 20th, 2022  |  41 mins 16 secs

This week Patrick is joined by three pioneering guests united by one ground-breaking project: the UK BioBank’s Whole Genome Sequencing Project.

EP 75: Participant engagement in genomics research, with Nathalie Kingston, Director of the NIHR BioResource

April 6th, 2022  |  40 mins 58 secs

This week’s guest is Nathalie Kingston, Director of the NIHR BioResource.

EP 74: Biggest breakthroughs of 2021 with Personalized Medicine Podcast host, Oleksandr Yagensky

December 19th, 2021  |  52 mins 40 secs

In the last episode of the year, Patrick joins forces with the host of the Personalized Medicine Podcast, Sasha Yagensky, to discuss six of the biggest and most exciting breakthroughs in genetics research in 2021.