Gene Pooling

By Roberts Lab

An experiment in audio from the Roberts Lab at the University of Washington.... more

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The podcast currently has 128 episodes available.

Gene Pooling episodes:

August 19, 2026 This Week in Notebook Summaries (TWiNS)
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25min
August 02, 2026 Sunday Morning Notebook Summaries
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7min
July 30, 2026 This Week in Lab Notebooks
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16min
June 22, 2026Can a Shot of Hydrogen Peroxide Prep Clams for a Heatwave?
Source: Milan, Mascitelli, et al. (2025). “Low-Dose H₂O₂ Priming Improves Performance Under Simulated Marine Heatwave Conditions in a Coastal Bivalve.” Global Change Biology (Accepted). DOI: 10.1002/gch2.70123. PMC: PMC13266081Key terms:
Priming — controlled sublethal exposure that improves an organism’s later response to a larger stressor, via a form of physiological or molecular memory
Marine heatwave — a prolonged period of anomalously high ocean temperatures, increasingly frequent under climate change
Redox signaling — cellular communication using reactive oxygen species (like H₂O₂) as molecular signals, distinct from oxidative damage
H₂O₂ (hydrogen peroxide) — here used as a low-dose redox stimulus at 50 micromolar, not as an environmental pollutant
Burrowing behavior — used as a functional readout for clam physiological status; stressed animals burrow more slowly
Transcriptome — the complete set of RNA transcripts in a cell or tissue at a given moment; reflects gene activity
Holobiont — the host animal plus all its associated microorganisms, considered as a functional unit
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) — one of the most farmed bivalves globally, particularly in coastal lagoons of southern Europe and Asia
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6min
June 13, 2026 Sustainable Shellfish Farming
An interview with Professor Roberts
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2min
March 23, 2026 The Genomic Toolkit
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7min
March 17, 2026 Demystifying your Data
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8min
March 13, 2026 Sparsing the Tensor of the Elastic Net?
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8min
March 03, 2026 Lab Notes – From Coral Genomes to Clam Tanks
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5min
February 27, 2026 A Scientist’s Notebook
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8min

FAQs about Gene Pooling:

How many episodes does Gene Pooling have?

The podcast currently has 128 episodes available.