BioLogic

By Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

What's BioLogic about?

The logic behind the science: Conversations with Broad researchers exploring what they do and why they do it, from Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

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BioLogic episodes:

03.27.2018
BioLogic: The transformative power of CRISPR in the lab, with John Doench and Ruth Hanna
John Doench, associate director of the Genetic Perturbation Platform (GPP) and institute scientist at the Broad Institute, and Ruth Hanna, research associate in GPP, discuss how the CRISPR system has revolutionized studies of gene function.
08.14.2017
BioLogic: Ten years of perspective on GWAS, with Joel Hirschhorn
Joel Hirschhorn, institute member and co-director of the Metabolism Program at the Broad Institute and professor of pediatrics and genetics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, sits down with BioLogic to talk about how the research community has...
06.23.2017
BioLogic: Empowering psychiatric disease research through genetics, with Mark Daly
Broad Institute member Mark Daly, co-director of the Program in Medical and Population Genetics, investigator with the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, and chief of the Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, describes how modern tools for...
05.03.2017
BioLogic: The future of genome sequencing in healthcare, with Heidi Rehm and Robert Green
Genome sequencing may someday become a routine part of medical care, but questions still surround best practices for returning genetic information to patients in a way that will optimally impact their health. Geneticists Robert Green and Heidi Rehm explain their...
04.21.2017
BioLogic: Harnessing the immune system to fight cancer, with Nir Hacohen
Nir Hacohen, an institute member at Broad, director of the Center for Cancer Immunotherapy at Massachusetts General Hospital, and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, takes us to the intersection of cancer, immunotherapy, and autoimmune disease to explore how...
03.15.2017
BioLogic: The fight against antibiotic resistance, with Jim Collins
Jim Collins, an institute member at the Broad Institute, a core faculty member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, and a professor at MIT, dives into the social and scientific causes of antibiotic resistance and explains some of...
02.27.2017
BioLogic: Rare disease research inspired by patient care, with Anna Greka
In recognition of Rare Disease Day, Anna Greka, an institute member at the Broad Institute, an associate physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, shares part of her journey as a physician-scientist studying...
02.06.2017
BioLogic: Revealing the genetic basis of ecological adaptation, with Hopi Hoekstra
Hopi Hoekstra, an institute member at the Broad Institute, a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at Harvard University, and the curator of mammals at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, tells us how her lab combines the genetic, environmental, and morphological traits...
01.18.2017
BioLogic: Structural variation and disease in the human genome, with Steve McCarroll
Steve McCarroll, an institute member at the Broad Institute, director of genetics for the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Genetics, and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, takes us beyond single base-pair deletions and misspellings to explore variations in the...
07.14.2016
Microbiome genes on the move - how the study came to be, with Ilana Brito and Eric Alm
The largest metagenomic view of the developing world has uncovered “mobile genes” that reveal how culture shapes the human microbiome. Broad Institute authors of the paper, published in the journal Nature, discuss how the study came to be.

What's BioLogic about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

BioLogic episodes:

BioLogic: The transformative power of CRISPR in the lab, with John Doench and Ruth Hanna

BioLogic: Ten years of perspective on GWAS, with Joel Hirschhorn

BioLogic: Empowering psychiatric disease research through genetics, with Mark Daly

BioLogic: The future of genome sequencing in healthcare, with Heidi Rehm and Robert Green

BioLogic: Harnessing the immune system to fight cancer, with Nir Hacohen

BioLogic: The fight against antibiotic resistance, with Jim Collins

BioLogic: Rare disease research inspired by patient care, with Anna Greka

BioLogic: Revealing the genetic basis of ecological adaptation, with Hopi Hoekstra

BioLogic: Structural variation and disease in the human genome, with Steve McCarroll

Microbiome genes on the move - how the study came to be, with Ilana Brito and Eric Alm