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	Podcast:		The Deep-Sea Podcast
	Episode:		011 - Genetics with Heather Ritchie and Johanna Weston
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		01:12:44
	Publish Date:		2021-05-07 12:31:30
	Description:		Alan is stranded out in the Pacific and Thom is left to present a show on genetics, a topic so confusing to him it may as well be magic. Luckily, friends of the show are on hand. Dr Heather Ritchie is tricked into co-hosting and we talk to Dr Johanna Weston about the things we can learn about the deep sea from genetic analysis. Alan has found a way to get audio logs to us (pretty sure a Holtzman Wave isn’t a thing) and shares what he has been up to out at sea – it turns out, a lot! Listen in for lots of exclusives. This includes an interview with sub-pilot Tim Macdonald from inside the Limiting Factor at over 10,000 m depth. We are pretty sure this is the world deepest interview. The Deep-Sea Podcast lives up to its name, the deepest podcast around. In recent news we discuss how our immune system doesn’t recognise deep-sea bacteria (and how that may be a good thing) and Thom gushes about his new favourite thing… blackwater photography. Don Walsh tells us about inspecting ex-soviet reactors and discovering he is standing on top of a running one and Thom and Heather tell the tale of acquiring a -80 ℃ freezer in New Caledonia. Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or you own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com Links Deep-sea bacterial invisible to human immune system Blackwater photography article Blackwater photography paper ‘The Code’ - INTERNATIONAL CODE OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE The genetic code database – GenBank You can track where Alan currently is here Glossary Morphology – the shape of somethings body Molecular – Sometimes we say ‘molecular data’ when talking about DNA and RNA genetic data Taxonomy – The science of classifying living things
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