Event description
We’ve all heard of genes, but how do they actually work? Geneticist Kat Arney and her scientific guests will draw on stories ranging from six-toed cats to fish hips, exploring how DNA is packed, unpacked and read.
Kat will be talking to epigeneticist Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith from Cambridge University and Dr Ben Lehner, Group Leader at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona.
Speaker
Dr Kat Arney is a professional science communicator, media spokesperson, award-winning blogger and podcaster working at Cancer Research UK.
After a degree in natural sciences, a PhD in developmental biology and a post-doc, Kat has become a freelance writer, broadcaster and public speaker, appearing on the highly successful Naked Scientists for the past decade and producing & presenting the monthly Naked Genetics podcast, as well as co-presenting the weekly national BBC Radio 5Live Science show.