DNA
Honey, I Shrunk the PCR
A handheld machine will soon allow people to test for DNA using Q-PCR in the field and not just in the lab Audio
Scientists recreate the origins of life using a laser
Dr Chris Smith with science news and recreating the chemical building blocks of life using a laser in the lab. Audio
DNA survives space travel
Dr Chris Smith on a study about how DNA can survive space travel, and the scientists trying to crack the genetic secrets of the malarial mosquito. Audio
More lightning?
Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith; how climate change could affect lightning strikes, and using DNA as a data storage mechanism. Audio
Improved DNA technology supplies new clues to cold case murder
Canberra Police are linking crimes more than a decade apart to a father and son, through new DNA technology. Audio
Justin O'Sullivan: cellular organisation
Senior research fellow at the Liggins Institute, whose work at Gravida, an inter-institutional, inter-disciplinary virtual research network involves new discoveries about cellular organisation. Audio
Adura Onashile: Henrietta Lacks
Adura Onashile is the co-creator and performer of HeLa, a solo show about the woman whose cancer cell sample, taken without her permission, was used as the raw material for some of the most important… Audio
Dr Siouxsie Wiles on walking robots
Siouxsie Wiles discusses the world's largest DNA origami created, a soft robot and new genetic discoveries regarding links to disease. Audio
Speedy sequencing
The genetic revolution going on with DNA sequencing technology shrinking in size and in cost. Professor Mike Berridge and David Eccles from the Malaghan Instiutute demo some of the new technology. Audio
Genetics of Gout
The University of Otago is part of an international collaboration carrying out a genome-wide analysis looking for the genes involved in gout, a form of arthritis Audio
Brewing yeast genetics
Professor Kevin Verstrepen of the University of Leuven is on a team sequencing the DNA of more than 200 different yeasts from all over the world. He's trying to understand how individual genes… Audio
Mapping Human Migration
National Geographic's Genographic project visits Gisborne to sample DNA from members of Ngai Tamanuhiri. Audio
Dark Matter of the Genome
Donated heart tissue is being used to delve into what used to be known as junk DNA to indicate genetic risk of cardiac disease. Audio
DNA profiling - statistical analysis
James Curran is a statistician from Auckland University, whose skills are regularly called on by forensic agencies here, as well as Australia and the UK. Audio
Moa droppings show unknown feeding habits
Researchers have found Moa shared a much wide range of foods than previously thought. A team of scientists from Landcare Research used several methods including DNA analysis of coprolites, or fossil… Audio
DNA extracted from eggshells of extinct birds
In a world first, scientists have extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds - including moa. Audio
Scientists to start mass DNA project on WW1 soldiers
Scientists are about to start a mass DNA testing programme to try to idenitify the remains of hundreds of World War 1 Australian and British soldiers killed in one of the conflict's fiercest battles.
…New Moa facts uncovered after DNA-reconstruction
Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the extinct moa bird, using pre-historic feathers recovered from Otago. Audio