DNA Today: A Genetics Podcast

By Kira Dineen

Education Medicine

What's DNA Today: A Genetics Podcast about?

Discover New Advances in the world of genetics, from technology like CRISPR to rare diseases to new research. For over a decade, multi-award winning podcast "DNA Today" has brought you the voices of leaders in genetics. Host Kira Dineen brings her genetics expertise to interview geneticists, genetic counselors, patient advocates, biotech leaders, researchers, and more.
***Best 2020 and 2021 Science and Medicine Podcast Award Winner***
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#221 Genetic Counseling in ...

01.27.2023

In this episode we are chatting about the genetic counseling field in South Africa! Joining us for this discussion are two guests from the University of Cape Town (UTC), current student, Samantha Bayley, and UCT-professor, Tina-Marié Wessels. Special thanks to ...

DNA Today: A Genetics Podcast episodes:

01.27.2023 #221 Genetic Counseling in South Africa with Samantha Bayley and Tina-Marié Wessels In this episode we are chatting about the genetic counseling field in South Africa! Joining us for this discussion are two guests from the University of Cape Town (UTC), current student, Samantha Bayley, and UCT-professor, Tina-Marié Wessels. Special thanks to ...
01.20.2023 #220 Microfluidics with Franz Pruefer This week we’re discussing all things microfluidics! Joining us for this discussion is Franz Pruefer, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Maxwerk, a company with health biotech and pharmaceutical divisions. Under the pharmaceutical division, Maxwerk supplies injectable and solid ...
01.13.2023 #219 It Happened To Me Podcast: Genetic Counselors for Rare Diseases A new year means a new podcast! We are thrilled to announce that our host, Kira Dineen, is a co-producer of a new rare disease and medical challenges podcast called, It Happened To Me. In celebration of the launch we ...
01.06.2023 #218 LEND Program with Betsy Humphreys, Karen Volle & Karina Mancini Happy New Year! Joining us for the first episode of 2023 is Betsy Humphreys, Karen Volle and Karina Mancini, who will share their experience with the New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) and the New England Regional Genetics Network ...
12.30.2022 #217 SynGAP1 with Mike Graglia and Elli Brimble Patient advocate, Mike Graglia, and genetic counselor, Elli Brimble, join DNA Today for a conversation about SYNGAP1-related non-syndromic intellectual disability, a rare genetic disorder caused by a variant on the SYNGAP1 gene. Mike Graglia has always worked on complicated problems ...
12.23.2022 #216 African American Ancestry with Nicka Smith Nicka Smith (she/her), a pro genealogist with over 20 years of experience, joins DNA Today for our second to last episode of the year! She is the host of BlackProGen LIVE, a web series focused on genealogy and family history ...
12.16.2022 #215 Preventative Health via Whole Exome Sequencing Our guest today is Dahlia Attia-King, Founder and CEO of Panacea. Panacea’s mission is to improve access and utilization of genetic testing by offering affordable whole exome sequencing, physician oversight, and genetic counseling all in a 10 minute workflow. This ...
12.09.2022 #214 2022 Genetics Wrapped with Eric Green It’s December which means Spotify Wrapped was announced! If you are one of the 2,616 people that had us on your Spotify Wrapped Podcast section, tag us in your story or post for a shoutout on the show! Thanks to ...
12.02.2022 #213 Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Gender with Sage Sargent It’s December which means Spotify Wrapped was announced! If you are one of the 2,616 people that had us on your Spotify Wrapped Podcast section, tag us in your story or post for a shoutout on the show! Thanks to ...
11.20.2022 #212 NSGC Recap 2022 We are recapping and reflecting on the National Society of Genetic Counselors 41st Annual conference, which was just held in Nashville. Some attendees joined in virtually and others, like myself, joined in person. It was incredible to meet so many ...
11.18.2022 #211 Jorge Contreras on The Genome Defense Our guest in this episode is Jorge Contreras, author of The Genome Defense. In this riveting, behind-the-scenes courtroom drama, a brilliant legal team battles corporate greed and government overreach for the fundamental right to control our genes. We’re giving away ...
11.11.2022 #210 Reproductive Medicine Family History with Tristan Hardy After two years of virtual NSGC conferences, I can’t wait to see many of you in Nashville next week! Say “hi” if you see me! If you want to be featured in our NSGC recap episodes, let me know. I ...
11.04.2022 #209 Aspects of Quality Genetic Testing with Blueprint Genetics When our host, Kira Dineen, began her career as a genetic counselor she was mostly starting from scratch because the private practice she works at hadn’t had a genetic counselor in two years. So she met with a bunch of ...
10.28.2022 #208 The 100,000 Genomes Project with Dr. Julian Barwell In 2012, the 100,000 Genomes Project was announced, the same year we started this podcast! Back in 2015 we did an episode about the 100,000 Genomes Project so we’re excited to revisit this massive project today with Dr. Julian Barwell, ...
10.21.2022 #207 N-Lorem: Dr. Sessions Cole on the Diagnostic Odyssey As some of you may know, our host Kira Dineen also co-produces the “Patient Empowerment Program” by n-Lorem. The podcast launched earlier this year and focuses solely on the needs of people with nano-rare diseases. These are people who have ...
10.14.2022 #206 Phenotypically-Driven Clinical Results with Dr. Lora Bean Dr. Lora Bean gives an overview of phenotypically-driven clinical results in this episode of DNA Today! Dr. Lora Bean is a clinical molecular geneticist who currently serves as the Senior Director of Quality Assurance at PerkinElmer Genomics. Dr. Bean has ...
10.07.2022 #205 Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency with the United MSD Foundation Y’all YOU made it happen. DNA Today won the Best 2022 Science & Medicine Podcast Award! We are honored to defend our title for the THIRD year in a row. Thank you listeners! An astonishing 5.7 MILLION people voted in ...
09.30.2022 #204 Mosaicism with FUTR Podcast Are you thinking about a career in genetic counseling? Maybe you are a current student or even a recent grad… Then you have to head over to our social media for a MAJOR giveaway right now! We have assembled 15 ...
09.23.2022 #203 CTNNB1 Syndrome with Effie Parks of Once Upon a Gene Are you thinking about a career in genetic counseling? Maybe you are a current student or even a recent grad… Then you have to head over to our social media for a MAJOR giveaway right now! We have assembled 15 ...
09.16.2022 #202 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy with Ann Martin and Madhuri Hegde Learn about a genetic disorder called duchenne muscular dystrophy! We explore the genetics of DMD and treatments available with two experts in the field. We’re joined by genetic counselor, Ann Martin, who serves as the VP of Community Research and ...
09.09.2022 #201 Sickle Cell Disease with Lifting the Veil It’s Sickle Cell Awareness month, so we are sharing this episode of Lifting the Veil podcast where Beveraly Mills and Elaine Buck interview our host, Kira Dineen, about the condition! On Lifting the Veil, Beverly and Elaine cover, and uncover, ...
09.02.2022 #200 Reflecting on a Decade of DNA Today This is a milestone episode for two reasons. As you may have noticed, it’s our 200th episode. Technically we had about 20 episodes prior to numbering them, but these are mini lessons and not really full episodes. These started when ...
08.26.2022 #199 Prostate Cancer Genetics with Heather Cheng We have two special announcements! Next episode we will be celebrating a decade of DNA Today! That’s right, we released our first episode on September 1st, 2012. It also coincides with our 200th episode. We want to mark these milestones ...
08.19.2022 #198 CRISPR Ethics with Sam Sternberg We have two special announcements! Very soon we will be celebrating a decade of DNA Today! That’s right, we released our first episode on September 1st, 2012. It also coincides with our 200th episode. We want to mark these milestones ...
08.12.2022 #197 CRISPR Quality Control with Kiana Aran We have two special announcements! Very soon we will be celebrating a decade of DNA Today! That’s right, we released our first episode on September 1st, 2012. It also coincides with our 200th episode. We want to mark these milestones ...
08.05.2022 #196 Mitochondrial Disorders with Devin Shuman and Lissa Poincenot This week we are joined by two mitochondrial experts who are very active in the rare disease community. We are focusing our conversation on a condition called Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON). Lissa Poincenot is a patient advocate with the ...
07.29.2022 #195 Genetic Testing Industry with Tod Klingler Help us to defend our title as the Best Science and Medicine Podcast! Go to podcastawards.com and select “DNA Today” in the Science and Medicine category. Bonus if you tweet/post that you nominated DNA Today (and tag us), then we ...
07.22.2022 #194 Genetic Counseling Application Advice with GC Prep: Part 2 Help us to defend our title as the Best Science and Medicine Podcast! Go to podcastawards.com and select “DNA Today” in the Science and Medicine category. Bonus if you tweet/post that you nominated DNA Today (and tag us), then we ...
07.15.2022 #193 Genetic Counseling Application Advice with GC Prep: Part 1 Help us to defend our title as the Best Science and Medicine Podcast! Go to podcastawards.com and select “DNA Today” in the Science and Medicine category. Bonus if you tweet/post that you nominated DNA Today (and tag us), then we ...
07.08.2022 #192 Osteogenesis Imperfecta with The Middle’s Atticus Shaffer Atticus Shaffer of The Middle on ABC discusses life with osteogenesis imperfecta and his acting career.
07.05.2022 Nominate "DNA Today" For 2022 Podcast Awards PodcastAwards.com Select “DNA Today: A Genetics Podcast” in the Science & Medicine Category If you enjoy our episodes we would really appreciate you nominating us in the Podcast Awards. We are hoping to defend our title as the Best Science ...
07.01.2022 #191 Overturning Roe v. Wade with Laura Hercher Help us to defend our title as the Best Science and Medicine Podcast! Go to podcastawards.com and select “DNA Today” in the Science and Medicine category. Bonus if you tweet/post that you nominated DNA Today (and tag us), then we ...
06.24.2022 #190 PhenoTips: Gender Affirming Care in Genetic Counseling Happy Pride month! This episode we are continuing our celebrations! Last episode (#189) we interviewed two experts from PhenoTips, Orion Buske and Erica Peacock about building inclusive pedigrees. This episode is a fantastic follow up about how to provide gender ...
06.17.2022 #189 Building Inclusive Pedigrees with PhenoTips To celebrate Pride month our next two episodes will be focused on the LGBTQIA+ community. In this episode we explore building inclusive pedigrees with Dr. Orion Buske and Erica Peacock of Phenotips. The PhenopTips name might seem familiar as our ...
06.10.2022 #188 Propionic and Methylmalonic Acidemia with HemoShear Therapeutics Propionic and Methylmalonic Acidemia (PA and MMA), including an investigational therapy, are explored in this episode. Host Kira Dineen is joined by patient advocate Bryan Kelly, and HemoShear Therapeutics CMO, Dr. Pat Horn. Bryan Kelly is 36 years old and ...
06.03.2022 #187 Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy with June Kinoshita and Rojan Kavosh This week we’re diving into Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) and highlighting the utilization of whole genome mapping in the diagnosis of FSHD. Joining us to explore these topics are June Kinoshita, Director of Research and Patient Engagement at the FSHD ...
05.27.2022 #186 n-Lorem: Nano-Rare Diseases with Luke Rosen and Wendy Chung We are thrilled to share a brand new podcast that Kira Dineen co-produces, the n-Lorem “Patient Empowerment Program”. The podcast just launched so we wanted to share the pilot episode with you! This podcast focuses solely, exclusively, on the needs ...
05.20.2022 #185 Nutrigenomics with Yael Joffe Joining us this week is Dr. Yael Joffe, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of 3X4 Genetics, a genetic testing partner for providers that allows them to bring genetic testing into their practice so that they can provide patients with more ...
05.13.2022 #184 Inherited Retinal Degeneration with Blueprint Genetics In honor of Vision Health Month and Blindness Awareness Month, we are exploring Blueprint Genetics’ My Retina Tracker program with Khalida Liaquat, who is a genetic counselor and the Senior Manager of Genomic Services at Quest Diagnostics. Our other guest ...
05.06.2022 #183 Dr. Miga and Dr. Phillippy on the Telomere to Telomere Consortium Last episode (182) we were joined by Dr. Eric Green, the Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH. And we chatted about the recent completion of the human genome. To continue this conversation, I am ...
04.29.2022 #182 Eric Green on the Complete Human Genome Project On this week’s episode of DNA Today we’re discussing the past, present, and future of the Human Genome Project and the Telomere to Telomere Consortium with Dr. Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the ...
04.22.2022 #181 DNA Experiments with Stephanie Ryan To celebrate DNA Day we are joined by Dr. Stephanie Ryan! In this podcast episode, Dr. Ryan discusses science education and communication, especially making science understandable for kids. To keep the celebrations going we will be co-hosting a virtual event ...
04.15.2022 #180 Reproductive DNA Testing with Mitera We are excited to share that Kourtney Kardashian recently featured in DNA Today in an article on Poosh, “How Genetics Play the Ultimate Role in Health”. Our host, Kira Dineen, shares insight on genetic counseling and epigenetics. The Chief Medical ...
04.08.2022 #179 Genetic Testing with Kira Dineen This week we’re bringing you a special episode of DNA Today! Our host, Kira Dineen, was recently a guest on The Science of Everything Podcast, discussing genetic testing with host, James Fodor. Kira thoroughly enjoyed her experience being a guest ...
04.01.2022 #178 Single-Cell Spatial Genomics with Vizgen Dr. George Emanuel shares about single-cell spacial genomics in this podcast episode. Dr. Emanuel is the Scientific Cofounder and Director of Technology and Partnerships at Vizgen, a biotechnology company that is dedicated to pioneering the next generation of spatially resolved ...
03.25.2022 #177 Whole Genome Sequencing with PerkinElmer Genomics World-renowned medical geneticist Dr. Madhuri Hegde, joins the show to explore whole genome sequencing (WGS). She is the Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Global Lab Services at PerkinElmer, a global leader in genetic and genomic testing focused ...
03.18.2022 #176 Glee's Lauren Potter on Down Syndrome Awareness We are ecstatic to introduce this week’s guest, Lauren Potter! You might know Lauren as Becky Jackson from the TV show Glee. She was in all six seasons playing a character who, like her, has Down Syndrome! After graduating high ...
03.11.2022 #175 Hereditary Cancer Variant Network with Brian Shirts This week we’re joined by Dr. Brian Shirts to discuss ConnectMyVariant, a service that dedicated to helping patients and families understand unique genetic variants and provides different avenues of informing family, or even people distantly related, of possible inherited risk ...
03.04.2022 #174 Pharmacogenomics with Fulgent Genetics This week we’re joined by Gregory Kellog of Fulgent Genetics. In this episode we explore pharmacogenomics. Gregory is the Director of Genetic Counseling at Fulgent Genetics, a technology-based genetic testing company. Prior to serving as the director, Gregory served as ...
02.25.2022 #173 GRIN1 with Keith McArthur Joining us for the last episode of rare disease month is Keith McArthur. Keith is the co-founder and CEO of CureGRIN, a non profit rare disease organization. He is also a published author and he’s a fellow science podcaster, Unlocking ...

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