In this episode, we visit the psychiatric centre, Sankt Hans in Roskilde, to speak with Professor of Biological Psychiatry, Thomas Werge about the comprehensive research initiative, iPsych that he and five other Principal Investigators lead, - about how mental disorders can be understood better and treated diversely for different groups and individuals in the future, - and about what normal is. The Danish National Biobank is a treasury of science for international health research. It...

New research by genetic epidemiologist, Bjarke Feenstra of Statens Serum Institute, will help solve the puzzle of birth. In this episode Bjarke tells us about the new puzzle piece that he and his team have discovered. As a world first, they’ve been able to pinpoint certain part of the genome of the unborn child that affects when the child is born. Here cytokine proteins seem to work as a sort of telegraph sending word along the wire, from child to mother. Signaling that the child is ready to...

The unedited keynote of Carole Goble of the Software Sustainability Institute, at the un-conference, "Software in the Life Sciences - Development, Usability, Sustainability"

The unedited keynote of Tim Gardner, CEO of Riffyn at the un-conference, "Software in the Life Sciences - Development, Usability, Sustainability"

We sat down with three research software engineers that are trying to put focus on quality and sustainability in research software, as well as the increasingly important role of software engineers in modern life science research. The three: Nikolaus Sonnenschein, a Senior Researcher at DTU Biosustain, Kai Blin, also Researcher at DTU Biosustain, as well as our own Head of IT at the Danish National Biobank, Bartlomiej Wilkowski together hosted an unconference on these topics supported by the...

In the second episode we visit the Danish Cancer Society, and speak with Professor Anne Tjønneland about the studies Diet, Cancer and Health and it's recent extension Next Generations. And about the power we all have over cancer as individuals, through the lifestyle choices we make. The Danish National Biobank is a treasury of science for international health research. It contains 10 million biosamples across an array of diagnostic categories, as well as the Danish Biobank Register that links...

The first episode looks at Mitochondrial DNA research into mental disorders, and how it has helped scientists understand the origin and biological ancestry of the Danish population. The Danish National Biobank is a treasury of science for international health research. It contains 10 million biosamples across an array of diagnostic categories, as well as the Danish Biobank Register that links over 25 million biosamples in Danish biobanks to vast amounts of register information. This podcast...