002 - Behind the scenes at the Christmas Lectures

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002 - Behind the scenes at the Christmas Lectures

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Dec 20, 2018

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behind the scenes at the iconic Royal Institution Christmas Lectures with Professors Alice Roberts and Aoife McLysaght - plus the fire-obsessed demonstration expert Fran Scott - to find the answer to the question “Who am I?”

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Dec 20, 2018

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From Mendel's peas to personal genome sequencing, Genetics Unzipped brings you stories from the world of genes, genomes and DNA. In association with The Genetics Society.

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005 - Vegetable soup: A delicious blend of chunky onion genomes, GM tomatoes and Mendelian peas by Genetics Unzipped
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023 Mergers and Acquisitions: We’re looking at mergers and acquisitions - but in a biological rather than a financial sense. by Genetics Unzipped
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002 - Behind the scenes at the Christmas Lectures

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