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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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259: Ku filaments that hold DNA together

Episode 259

January 14, 2026

259: Ku filaments that hold DNA together

Zahid S et al., Nat Commun - Cryo-EM and biophysical analyses show Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ku assembles into DNA-bound oligomeric filaments that synapse DNA ends...

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00:17:49

258: Correcting GC bias in metagenomes

Episode 258

January 13, 2026

258: Correcting GC bias in metagenomes

Holcik L et al., Genomic GC bias correction improves species abundance estimation from metagenomic data. Nature Communications - GuaCAMOLE is an alignment-free algorithm that...

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00:17:09

257: PSMC5: proteasomes, immunity and neurodevelopment

Episode 257

January 12, 2026

257: PSMC5: proteasomes, immunity and neurodevelopment

Küry S et al., Nat Commun - This study describes 26 distinct PSMC5 variants in 44 individuals and demonstrates that PSMC5 loss impairs proteasome...

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00:18:05

256: Compartmental control of VSG silencing

Episode 256

January 11, 2026

256: Compartmental control of VSG silencing

Antunes et al., Chromosome compartment assembly is essential for subtelomeric gene silencing in trypanosomes. Nat Commun ( - The study shows that spatial segregation...

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00:18:52

255: Lipids, Ions and the AE1 Elevator

Episode 255

January 10, 2026

255: Lipids, Ions and the AE1 Elevator

Chen T et al., Nat Commun - Cryo-EM structures, uptake assays, and molecular dynamics show that PIP2 lipids bind at the AE1 dimer interface...

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00:19:08

254: Rescuing the replisome at a nick

Episode 254

January 09, 2026

254: Rescuing the replisome at a nick

Winterhalter et al., Rescuing the bacterial replisome at a nick requires recombinational repair and helicase reloading. Nat Commun ( - Cas9 nickases in Bacillus...

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00:19:52