Episode 211: The Fate of the Cell

Jonathan Weitzman, professor of genetics at the Université Paris Cité in France, joins Jonathan Sackier to discuss the role of epigenetic events in cellular differentiation programmes, as well as his own podcast, ‘The Lonely Pipette’.

Use the following timestamps to navigate this episode:

(00:00)-Introduction

(02:49)-Specialising in epigenetics

(05:45)-Helping young scientists navigate their careers

(11:58)-Back to basics: epigenetics

(19:21)-The emergence of ‘form’

(22:02)-Cell reprogramming

(23:26)-The Centre for Epigenetics and Cell Fate

(24:28)-Genetics in 30 seconds

(29:30)-Intracellular hijackers

(35:45)-Who am I?

(41:20)-Jonathan’s three wishes