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Welcome to the Springer Nature Soundcloud page! Here you will find several podcasts from our journals across a range of scientific subjects, including Gene Pod, ModPath Chat, Pediapod, Hereditypod and Brainpod.
Episodes
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Eugenics and the Genetics Society
Turning the lens on the history of genetics itself, we talk to authors of an article examining its historical relationship with the eugenics movement, which promoted the since discredited idea that genetic improvement techniques could and should be applied to human populations.
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Senior Investigator: Conversation with Philippe Grandjean
This episode features a conversation with Professor Philippe Grandjean, professor of Environmental Medicine at the National Institute of Public Health in Denmark and Adjunct Professor at the University of Rhode Island, noted for his research on the developmental toxicity of certain environmental...
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Shared genetic architecture and neurobiological pathways of problematic alcohol use and anxiety disorders
Problematic alcohol use frequently occurs in conjunction with anxiety disorders. Between 20 to 40 percent of individuals with anxiety disorders are also diagnosed with alcohol use disorder. Anxiety can lead people to use alcohol to self-medicate, and disordered alcohol use can cause increased...
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Special Issue on Structural Variation
We hear from Clio Karageorgiou about her work and a recent special issue of Heredity on the same topic - structural variation.
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Early Career Investigator Highlight: Conversation with Dr. Kazumasa Zensho
In this episode, Geoff speaks to Early Career Investigators, Dr. Kazumasa Zensho from the University of Okayama, Japan. They discuss his recent paper, 'Umbilical cord blood markers predict neonatal hypoglycemia in full-term small and large for gestational age infants'.
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Senior Investigator: Conversation with Diana Bianchi
This episode features a conversation with Professor Diana Bianchi, former Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), who is noted for her pioneering research on non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT).
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Examining fronto-limbic brain and sleep mechanisms of antidepressant effects in cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia
Insomnia and depression are two serious and debilitating conditions. Insomnia on its own is linked to an increase in suicide risk, and insomnia can also exacerbate the severity of depression. Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski, assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences…
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Pangolin popgen & the illegal wildlife trade
We hear from Portia Wong and Paolo Momigliano about using samples seized from the illegal wildlife trade to inform the conservation of endangered pangolins.
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Early Career Investigator Highlight: Conversation with Dr. Caroline Kelsey
In this episode, Geoff speaks to Early Career Investigators, Dr. Caroline Kelsey from the University of Illinois. They discuss her recent paper, 'Bidirectional relations between the maternal and infant gut microbiome and behaviour'.
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Early Career Investigator Highlight: Conversation with Dr. Caroline Kelsey
In this episode, Geoff speaks to Early Career Investigators, Dr. Caroline Kelsey from the University of Illinois. They discuss her recent paper, 'Bidirectional relations between the maternal and infant gut microbiome and behaviour'.
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American mink & the use of pangenomes
A team from universities in Connecticut tell us about their use of pangenomes to examine the status of mink populations in Florida, and an innovative programme that's training the next generation of researchers.
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APS Issue of the Year: Gun Violence
In this episode, Geoff speaks to Professor Clifford Bogue who was President of the American Pediatric Society between 2024 and 2025, during which time the APS Issue of the Year centred on firearm-related injuries and deaths in children and adolescents.
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Incentive salience drives escalation of cocaine self-administration in heterogeneous stock rats
There are a number of theories that have been studied to try to explain addiction and drug use escalation, and thus to also create animal models of that behavior that can then serve to help develop treatments. One theory for escalation is that people feel worse and worse over time and so they…
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Where your publication fees go, with Jonathan Pettit
Genetics Society Vice President Jonathan Pettitt discusses what Heredity's publication revenue is used for, and the scientific community benefits of publishing in society journals.
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Student Paper Prize 2025 - Inbreeding in European Barn Owls
The Student Paper Prize for 2025 was won by Eléonore Lavanchy. Eléonore discusses her work, the winning paper and inbreeding in European Barn Owls.
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Senior Investigator: Conversation with Alistair Gunn
This episode features a conversation with Professor Alistair Gunn at the University of Aukland, about his pivotal role in the preclinical development of therapeutic hypothermia as a treatment for hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and its subsequent translation into routine care.
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PopGroup 59 - part 2
Episode 2/2 from the 59th Popgroup meeting in Lille. Plenary speakers Claire Mérot and Denis Roze discuss their experience of the conference and the content of their talks.
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Oxytocin neurons in the anterior and posterior paraventricular nucleus have distinct behavioral functions and electrophysiological profiles
Oxytocin has become known for having anti-anxiety and affiliative behavioral effects. That’s why clinicians and researchers are excited about using oxytocin as a potential therapeutic. Brian Trainor is a professor at UC Davis, and his lab has been studying this complexity for the past decade. For...
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Special Episode on Social Media Use for Researchers
In this special episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Pediatric Research's social media editors Damian Roland and Kikelomo Babata about how researchers can and should harness social media to increase the impact of their research. Transforming academic medicine through social media: why isn’t it working...
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PopGroup 59
Episode 1/2 from the 59th Popgroup meeting in Lille. Plenary speaker Florencia Camus talks about her experience of the conference and the content of her talk.
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December 2025: Collection on Neonatal Resuscitation
In this episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Dr. Satyan Lakshminrusimha about our Collection on Neonatal Resuscitation.
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The genetics of cannabis lifetime use
Cannabis, which is increasingly legally available, both for therapeutic and recreational use, is now one of the most commonly used drugs worldwide. Of people who have ever used cannabis, studies vary, but they estimate that about 10-25 percent of people who use cannabis go on to develop cannabis...
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Sexual selection in a warming world
Reproduction involves decisions about when to mate and who with. We know that high temperatures affect fertility, but how does this affect mating decisions and sexual selection within populations? Tilly Pembury Smith and Rhonda Snook tell us about their work using fruit files.
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Resisting parasitoids: beetle v wasp
Parasites and parasitoids are large drivers of evolutionary change. We hear from Peter Hambäck (Stockholm University) about his work on how beetle larvae combat a parasitoid wasp that wants to lay its eggs inside them.
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October 2025: Collection on Epilepsy and Seizures
In this episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Dr. Steven Miller about our Collection on Epilepsy and Seizures.
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The consequences of invasion
We often hear that invasive species are bad for the ecosystems they invade, but the consequences can seem remote and hard to grasp. In this episode we hear from Nitin Ravikanthachari and Carol Boggs about their study system where an invasive plant has very tangible effects for a native butterfly.
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Older and wiser? The neural correlates of worry induction and reappraisal in older adults
Worry seems like something most people do from time to time, but for some people, severe worry can become an overwhelming sensation, and for older adults later in life, severe worry has been associated with an increased risk of stroke and coronary heart disease. Carmen Andreescu is a professor of...
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September 2025: What's hot in pediatric AI research?
Listen to September's Pediapod episode: What's hot in pediatric AI research, with Brynne Sullivan.
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Sex in a warming world: temperature and meiosis
Organisms are sensitive to temperature, but reproduction is likely to be affected at lower temperatures than survival. We're joined by Jessica McNeill & Caiti Smukowski Heil to talk about their work on meiosis in yeasts.
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August 2025: Senior Investigator: Conversation with Bonnie Ramsey
This episode features a conversation with Professor Bonnie Ramsey, a pediatric pulmonologist from Seattle Children's, who has dedicated her research and clinical career to treating patients with cystic fibrosis.
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Genomic responses to past and future change
The genomes of organisms can tell us about evolutionary processes in the past - but can they also give clues about the future? André Yves and Fernanda Werneck tell us about their work on climate adaptation in Amazonian lizards.
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July 2025: ECI Katie Strobel
Listen to July's Pediapod episode with ECI Katie Strobel, discussing her recent paper looking into the effect of early antibiotic exposure on necrotizing enterocolitis and growth in extremely preterm infants.
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Colourful signals in Anolis lizards
Many Anolis lizards have a sail of colourful skin on their throats which they use to communicate, but how does something like that evolve? Find out with researchers Renata Pirani, Carlos Arias and Mike Logan.
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Grey matter morphometry in young adult e-cigarette users, tobacco cigarette users & non-using controls
There’s been a fair amount of animal data suggesting that nicotine can affect the developing brain, but there hadn’t been the equivalent human studies done on people whose brains are still developing. And today there are two predominant forms of nicotine delivery - tobacco cigarettes, and...
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June 2025: What's hot in pediatric genetics?
Listen to June's Pediapod episode: What's hot in pediatric genetics research, with Stephen Kingsmore.
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The American Bullfrog invasion of Belgium
Biological invasions are a huge issue in contemporary biology. In this episode we hear from Teun Everts and Rein Brys, who are studying the American Bullfrog invasion of Belgium.
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May 2025: Collection on Necrotizing Enterocolitis
In this episode, Geoff Marsh speaks to Dr. Misty Good about our Collection on Necrotizing Enterocolitis.
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Validation of L-type calcium channel blocker amlodipine as a novel ADHD treatment through cross-species analysis, drug-target Mendelian randomization, and clinical evidence from medical records
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is a common condition that, for a lot of people, is difficult to treat. The drugs that exist have a number of adverse side effects, and about 25 percent of patients don’t respond to existing drugs. And so a team of researchers in Iceland, led by...
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Where, what and how? Phylogeography of American snakes
Frank Burbrink and Ed Myers talk about their recent work on American Racers. Spatial patterns, hybridisation and why the shapes of evolutionary trees might be more complex than we thought.
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White-beaked dolphin conservation genetics
Continuing the recent theme of conservation genetics, we return to the sea with Marc Gose and Rob Ogden. They discuss their work on the white-beaked dolphin, and the importance of international collaboration to manage populations that span borders.
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Rapid and sustained antidepressant effects of vaporized N,N-dimethyltryptamine: a phase 2a clinical trial in treatment-resistant depression
Draulio Araujo, professor at the Brain Institute in the University of Rio Grande Norte in Natal, Brazil, has been studying ayahuasca for more than 20 years. It’s a psychedelic plant used in rituals in South America that has also been researched for its potential to treat depression. The effects…
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April 2025: Senior Investigator: Conversation with Avroy Fanaroff
This episode features a conversation with Senior Investigator Avroy Fanaroff, Emeritus Professor at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, who has had a long and impactful career in neonatology.
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March 2025: What's hot in pediatric sepsis?
Listen to March's Pediapod episode: What's hot in pediatric sepsis research, with Sarah Kandil and Eleanor Molloy.
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Golden bandicoot and Australian conservation genomics
Best student paper of 2024 winner Kate Rick, along with Brenton Von Takach and Kym Ottewell, discuss the use of genomics in Australian conservation efforts, and their study on the golden bandicoot.
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Endocannabinoid contributions to the perception of socially relevant, affective touch in humans
New drugs that target the endocannabinoid system are being proposed for disorders that are usually characterized by the dysregulation of social processing, like social anxiety disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Researchers have been trying to understand the mechanisms for how these drugs…
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Population dynamics of Atlantic orcas
Chérine Baumgartner and Andy Foote discuss working with orcas and their recent paper on diet and population dynamics in North Atlantic killer whales
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What's hot in pediatric microbiome research?
Listen to January's Pediapod episode: What's hot in pediatric microbiome research, with Namasivayam Ambalavanan.
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What's Hot in Pediatric Oncology?
Listen to November's Pediapod episode: What's hot in Pediatric Oncology? with Jeffrey Dome
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Conversation With Senior Investigator Karin Nelson
Listen to January's Pediapod episode: Conversation With Senior Investigator Karin Nelson
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Popgroup 2025, with Katja Guschanski
Katja Guschanski discusses working with mammal evolution, museomics and her plenary talk at Popgroup 2025
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