Genotype and Phenotype with Jodi Schottenfeld-Roames and GUEST HOSTS Serena Bunkin and Riley McManus from the Bio Break Podcast
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Our guest today is Jodi Schottenfeld-Roames. We also have guests hosts — Serena Bunkin and Riley McManus. Serena and Riley are juniors at The Chapin School and are co-hosts of the Bio Break podcast.
Jodi is lecturer in the Molecular Biology department at Princeton University. She teaches a research course for molecular biology majors in their junior year, she co-teaches a biology course for non-majors, and teaches in the Freshman Scholars Institute. Jodi’s research explores the genetic and cell biological requirements to form a branched tubular organ system, like our circulatory system for example.
In this MINI episode, Jodi talks about the relationship between genotype and phenotype, and how her lab conducts research to learn more about this connection in the fruit fly tracheal system. Tune in on Thursday for the full-length interview!
Highlights of the episode:
*Susan introduces Jodi, Serena, and Riley and today’s topic [0:56]; *Jodi explains the terms genotype and phenotype and how they relate to each other [2:42]; *Jodi describes the research she and her students do to better understand the genotype-phenotype connection in the fruit fly tracheal system [6:47]; *What this works suggests about cell shape [9:22];
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