Syma Khalid
Professor of Computational Microbiology at University of Oxford
Appears in 12 Episodes
Natural and artificial genetic hybrids: dogs, coyotes and dire wolves. PART 2
Colossal Bioscience has brought genetic variation back from the grave. It is a remarkable technological achievement, but is it species de-extinction? In this second pa...
Natural and artificial genetic hybrids: dogs, coyotes and dire wolves.
Colossal Bioscience has brought genetic variation back from the grave. It is a remarkable technological achievement, but is it species de-extinction? We talk to Profes...
Will Zombie ants be the last of us?
A bonus episode in which Tim and Syma discuss how the zombie ant-based creatures seen on popular dystopian future drama Last of Us are based on real fungi (Cordyceps) ...
SPECIAL EDITION - Interview with David Baker 2024 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry
Syma and Tim are joined by Nobel Laureate David Baker, one of the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on computational protein design. This foll...
De-mything the hype around de-extinction
Colassal says it has de-extincted an animal. Is this a dire wolf or a dire mistake? Join Tim and Syma on this short bonus edition!
Snake venom 'milkers' beware the proteins and not the snake!
Proteins are the workhorses of life, with thousands overseeing and getting involved in reactions within our cells. Biologists have long dreamed of being able to make d...
How did dogs become our best friend?
Dogs are people’s best friend, but how did that happen? Did we tame them or did they train us, or is it a bit of both? Join us as we discuss domestication with Grege...
Not all birds are the same
Not all Birds are the same. In analyses of thousands of hours of bird song our guests, Nilo Merino Recalde and Ben Sheldon found predictable variation in the calls of ...
OSIRIS-REx 'Touch and go' and the emergence of life elsewhere in the cosmos!
OSIRIS-REx is a space craft that visited the asteroid Bennu, returning samples to Earth in late 2023. The first exciting results from the analyses of these samples are...
Unravelling the secrets of our genes.
Tim and Syma’s guests are Gordon Sanghera and Lakmal Jayasinghe of Oxford Nanopore Technologies. They discuss how their elegant technology is transforming the ease wit...
Smart Male Fish Get The Girls!
Later in this episode, Tim flies solo in the wake of Syma's imminent departure for duties on the west coast of the US!Tim's guests are Ivan Vinogradov and Michael Jenn...
Hello! Welcome to our new podcast.
In this introductory episode, Syma and Tim introduce themselves and explain what subjects and ideas they hope to bring to their audience, and some of the things they w...