In this episode, we are joined by Professor Patrick Chinnery. Patrick is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit at the University of Cambridge, where he is also Professor of Neurology and Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. We chat about the challenges of diagnosing patients with mitochondrial diseases, the power of genomics for diagnosis, and the ins and outs of developing new treatments for rare diseases.

In this episode, we are joined by Professor Sharon Peacock. Sharon has worked on pathogen genomics, antimicrobial resistance and a range of tropical diseases in the UK and Southeast Asia for the last 25 years, most recently launching the Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) to provide SARS-CoV2 genome sequencing to Public Health Agencies. We chat about the role of COG-UK in identifying variants of concern, its impact on UK public health policies and the future of pathogen genomics.

In this episode, we are joined by Dame Sally Davies. Dame Sally was the Chief Medical Officer for England and Senior Medical Advisor to the UK Government from 2011-2019, during which time she oversaw the 100,000 Genomes Project and the launch of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service. We chat about her time as Chief Medical Officer, the intersection of genomics and antimicrobial resistance, and the future of genomics within the NHS.

Introducing Genomics Unravelled - the educational podcast about the future of genomics in healthcare! Here’s the trailer for the first season of the podcast, in which we will be chatting with a bunch of Cambridge-based experts in the field of genomics. Stay tuned for our first episode!