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Base by Base

Base by Base explores advances in genetics and genomics, with a focus on gene-disease associations, variant interpretation, protein structure, and insights from exome and genome sequencing. Each episode breaks down key studies and their clinical...more

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218: SIM1 and the multi-ancestry genomics of erectile dysfunction

Episode 218

December 04, 2025

218: SIM1 and the multi-ancestry genomics of erectile dysfunction

Bright U et al., Nat Commun - A large multi-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis identifies a dominant SIM1-linked locus and multiple genetic connections between electronic health...

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00:19:37

217: Multiscale triads of meiotic crossover patterning

Episode 217

December 03, 2025

217: Multiscale triads of meiotic crossover patterning

White MA et al., Nature Communications - FFT and inverse-FFT analysis of Zip3/Zip2, Hop1 and Zip1 on yeast pachytene chromosomes reveals two interdigitated tiers...

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00:17:47

216: 53BP1-RIF1 and DNA-PKcs: distinct interactions in chromosomal break repair

Episode 216

December 02, 2025

216: 53BP1-RIF1 and DNA-PKcs: distinct interactions in chromosomal break repair

Makins K et al., Nature Communications - This episode reviews a study showing that 53BP1-RIF1 and DNA-PKcs have different genetic relationships across blunt end...

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00:18:27

215: Protein Set Transformer for high-diversity viromics

Episode 215

December 01, 2025

215: Protein Set Transformer for high-diversity viromics

Martin et al., Nat Commun (2025) - Protein Set Transformer (PST) is a protein-based genome language model that represents genomes as sets of proteins...

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00:20:07

214: PI(4,5)P2 Asymmetry Accelerates FGF2 Secretion

Episode 214

November 30, 2025

214: PI(4,5)P2 Asymmetry Accelerates FGF2 Secretion

Kaur M et al., Nature Communications - Reconstitution of asymmetric membranes and matched cell experiments show that transbilayer asymmetry of PI(4,5)P2 lowers the energetic...

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00:18:21

213: BRAIN-MAGNET: Functional genomics atlas for non-coding variants

Episode 213

November 29, 2025

213: BRAIN-MAGNET: Functional genomics atlas for non-coding variants

Deng R et al. - BRAIN-MAGNET couples a ChIP-STARR-seq atlas of 148,198 neural regulatory elements with a validated convolutional neural network to predict enhancer...

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