Podcast appearances and mentions of Peter Donnelly

Dr Peter Donnelly talking about the Sick Cardiac Baby. This talk is part of the Paediatric Emergencies 2024 event. To get your CME certificate for watching the video please visit https://www.paediatricemergencies.com/conference/paediatric-emergencies-2024/ #PaediatricEmergencies #PaediatricEmergencies2024 #CongenitalHeartDisease

In his most recent book - “The Great Discovery” - Peter Donnelly is bringing us back to somewhere we know well… The Dead Zoo!

Professor Sir Peter Donnelly, Founder and CEO of Genomics plc, aims to use cutting-edge polygenic risk scores to identify inherited DNA mutations and genetic predispositions that could lead to common diseases. In partnership with the MassMutual life insurance company, Genomics offers a voluntary test that provides personalized risk measures and advice about conversations with clinicians. If the policyholder stays healthy longer, the insurance company will get paid more premiums before paying out to survivors. Win-win all the way around. Peter explains, "Until a few years ago, if I had the entire DNA sequence from a 40-year-old who's currently healthy, I'd have learned something interesting and medically actionable in maybe 1% or 2% of cases. That's because genetics has played into medicine through diseases where there's a single change in our DNA, called a mutation, which often stops a crucial gene from working. Think cystic fibrosis or Huntington's disease. Those are conditions that are individually serious. They're rare individually, thankfully, and actually, they're collectively rare. And so until a few years ago, and now still very much the case, genetic testing was about looking for those needles in haystacks, those one or two single places that caused a problem." "Now, if I have genetic information from a 40-year-old who's healthy, I learn something medically useful in about 70% of cases. So, that massive change from 2% to 70% is because we can now measure the genetic component of risk for all of the common diseases, as I said, for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, or prostate cancer." "What we've learned is that for any one of those diseases, if we take heart disease as an example, there's not one gene that matters for heart disease. There aren't two genes. There are a million or more places in our DNA individual positions in our DNA, which affect someone's risk of heart disease. And we've now got large enough data sets and clever enough algorithms to measure those places and combine the information to get an overall summary for someone of their genetic predisposition to heart disease."  #Genomics #Genetics #PRS #PolygenicRiskScores #DrugDiscovery #Biopharma genomicsplc.com Download the transcript here

Professor Sir Peter Donnelly, Founder and CEO of Genomics plc, aims to use cutting-edge polygenic risk scores to identify inherited DNA mutations and genetic predispositions that could lead to common diseases. In partnership with the MassMutual life insurance company, Genomics offers a voluntary test that provides personalized risk measures and advice about conversations with clinicians. If the policyholder stays healthy longer, the insurance company will get paid more premiums before paying out to survivors. Win-win all the way around. Peter explains, "Until a few years ago, if I had the entire DNA sequence from a 40-year-old who's currently healthy, I'd have learned something interesting and medically actionable in maybe 1% or 2% of cases. That's because genetics has played into medicine through diseases where there's a single change in our DNA, called a mutation, which often stops a crucial gene from working. Think cystic fibrosis or Huntington's disease. Those are conditions that are individually serious. They're rare individually, thankfully, and actually, they're collectively rare. And so until a few years ago, and now still very much the case, genetic testing was about looking for those needles in haystacks, those one or two single places that caused a problem." "Now, if I have genetic information from a 40-year-old who's healthy, I learn something medically useful in about 70% of cases. So, that massive change from 2% to 70% is because we can now measure the genetic component of risk for all of the common diseases, as I said, for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, or prostate cancer." "What we've learned is that for any one of those diseases, if we take heart disease as an example, there's not one gene that matters for heart disease. There aren't two genes. There are a million or more places in our DNA individual positions in our DNA, which affect someone's risk of heart disease. And we've now got large enough data sets and clever enough algorithms to measure those places and combine the information to get an overall summary for someone of their genetic predisposition to heart disease."  #Genomics #Genetics #PRS #PolygenicRiskScores #DrugDiscovery #Biopharma genomicsplc.com Listen to the podcast here

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Radley: Hamilton's light rail transit project needs more land — extra slivers from at least 122 properties — to make room for “public realm” improvements. Are the Blue Jays okay…? What does the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, known to many as “The Butcher of Tehran,” mean for the Middle East at this point in history? Federal Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard says the Trudeau government has cut her budget by 5 per cent, a move that will make it even more difficult to press Ottawa for information that Canadians request or to take the government to court. One-third of Canada's debt will be refinanced this year at elevated interest rates, a significant cost to taxpayers that Conservatives argue could have been avoided if the government had issued more of the country's debt in the form of long-term bonds when rates were lower. New home construction in Ontario has slowed to a pace not seen since 2018, putting Premier Doug Ford's government further off track from hitting its housing targets. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast! Guests: Marvin Ryder, Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. Mike Wilner, Baseball columnist with the Toronto Star, Host of the Deep LF Podcast. Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University. Duff Conacher, Co-Founder of Democracy Watch. Peter Donnelly, Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Sport at the University of Toronto. Colin Mang, assistant professor of Economics, at McMaster University; an expert on fiscal policy, labour economics, and the cost-of-living. Murtaza Haider, Professor of Data Science and Real Estate Management at Toronto Metropolitan University. Host – Scott Radley Content Producer – William Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Irish President goes on a hike with his new dog Misneach. But trouble is ahead!

Dr Peter Donnelly talking about Can Intubate, Can't Ventilate. This talk is part of the Paediatric Emergencies 2023 event. To get your CME certificate for listening to this podcast please visit https://www.paediatricemergencies.com/paediatric-emergencies-2023-feedback/ #PaediatricEmergencies #PaediatricEmergencies2023 #DOPES

At the PCCS2023 conference Harish and I were delighted to be invited to be a part of the conference. We were interviewed on stage by Zoltan Gyorgyi and Peter Donnelly, who asked us about the birth of PicPod, the process, and some highlights and lowlights. Unfortunately questions from the audience […]

Welcome to Episode 74 https://sustainable-ecom.com/ep74 If you've been listening to the show for a while, you'll likely have picked up that as a keen diver, the ocean plastics problem was one of my key motivators in setting up Sustainable Ecommerce.   So, there's a special place in my heart for entrepreneurs working to solve that problem by using or averting ocean plastics.  When my friend Peter Donnelly from the Sustainability Champions podcast let me know about today's guest, I knew immediately he was someone I wanted to chat to.   Ben Ridding is the founder of Cornish brand ULU Ocean Explorer.  The brand helps people connect with and explore the ocean with their range of dry bags, but it's their journey to using  ocean-bound plastic to make their products that really piqued my interest.  As we dive into the conversation, it becomes clear just how powerful and congruent their brand story is, and as more and more brands talk about using recycled plastic, how important it is to weave in an authentic story of impact to really resonate with consumers.

The President is home from his holidays, but he has left his cat behind! Will his cat make it all the way back to Dublin?

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards tonight. NEWSTALK Tonight's chief medical correspondent Dr. Mitch Schulman joins the show to discuss how to recognize a heart attack. First Nation chief writes to Gretzky, other stars over appearances in gambling ads. Peter Donnelly, Professor Emeritus, Sport Policy & Politics at U of T joins the show to discuss what it would take to make it so celebrities cannot appear in gambling ads. Daniel Tsai - Law & Tech Professor TMU; Editor of ConsumerRights.ca explains why thousands of Reddit communities go dark to protest company's controversial new policy.

Mark Gerretson - MP, Kingston and the Islands, Ontario, joins us to talk about how foreign interference and the fact that every national intelligence and security expert says the threat goes back 30yrs. What makes your neighbour so terrible? We take your calls. A B.C. comedian prank-called Alex Jones. Now, Jones has threatened legal action. We talk to Prank Stallone. P.K. Subban's father wants sports gambling ads banned in Canada, Peter Donnelly, Professor Emeritus, Sport Policy & Politics, U of T agrees.

Nick is joined in the Fitzdares Club at Cheltenham to reflect on a truly special first day of the Festival and to look ahead to the rest of the week. Henry de Bromhead talks at length to Nick about one of the great moments in the sport - and for his family - as Honeysuckle bowed out with a win here yesterday. Nick also catches up with Paul Nolan, while resident artist Liz Armstrong is back, JA McGrath brings us his update from Hong Kong, and Neil Phillips delivers his usual spectacular food and beverage offering, with assistance from Peter Donnelly from Glenfarclas and Megan Loveridge from Pol Roger. Fitzdares' Bobby Burns and Country and Townhouse Magazine's Ellie Rix also join the party.

Nick is joined in the Fitzdares Club at Cheltenham to reflect on a truly special first day of the Festival and to look ahead to the rest of the week. Henry de Bromhead talks at length to Nick about one of the great moments in the sport - and for his family - as Honeysuckle bowed out with a win here yesterday. Nick also catches up with Paul Nolan, while resident artist Liz Armstrong is back, JA McGrath brings us his update from Hong Kong, and Neil Phillips delivers his usual spectacular food and beverage offering, with assistance from Peter Donnelly from Glenfarclas and Megan Loveridge from Pol Roger. Fitzdares' Bobby Burns and Country and Townhouse Magazine's Ellie Rix also join the party.

Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford, and founder and CEO of Genomics PLC, Sir Peter Donnelly tells us about exactly what genetic screening can tell us about our health and what we can do to stay healthy regardless of our genes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Peter Donnelly talking about Pulmonary Hypertension. This talk is part of the Paediatric Emergencies 2022 event. To get your CME certificate for watching the video please visit https://www.paediatricemergencies.com/conference/paediatric-emergencies-2022/

This week on The Hamilton Review Podcast, Dr. Bob welcomes Professor Peter Donnelly to the show! Professor Donnelly wrote an important article in the Wall Street Journal about children and young teens spending so much time in a specialized sport, that it becomes more of a job than play. Parents, caregivers and coaches - don't miss this important conversation! Peter Donnelly is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He is the founding Director of the Centre for Sport Policy Studies (1999-2021), and was a Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto. He was born in England where he taught school for several years, and then studied for graduate degrees at the University of Massachusetts. His first academic post was at the University of Western Ontario (1976-1979), and he worked at McMaster University (1980-1998) before being recruited to the University of Toronto (1998-2021). His research interests include sport politics and policy issues, sport subcultures, and mountaineering (history). He has published numerous scholarly articles on these and other topics. His books include: three editions of Taking Sport Seriously: Social Issues in Canadian Sport (1997; 2000; 2011), and Inside Sports (1999) and the 1st and 2nd Canadian editions of Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies (both with Jay Coakley, 2004, 2009). Peter Donnelly was Editor of the Sociology of Sport Journal (1990-94), acting-Editor of the International Review for the Sociology of Sport (2004-06), and President of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (2001).   How to contact Dr. Bob: Dr. Bob on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChztMVtPCLJkiXvv7H5tpDQ Dr. Bob on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drroberthamilton/ Dr. Bob on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.hamilton.1656

This week I'm sitting down with my friend Peter to show off my specially curated song recommendations just for him. This week we're talking alt-country, Springsteen, and expired music. Bandcamp finds: Austin Leonard Jones, Cape Fear: perpetualdoom.bandcamp.com/album/dead-calm Bossy, Margiela: bossy412.bandcamp.com/album/protect-the-homies-vol-2 Onsloow, A Good Day to Forget: onsloow.bandcamp.com/album/s-t Michelle Rivers, Gone: michellerivers.bandcamp.com/album/chasing-somewhere Be sure to follow us @campscoutspod on Twitter and Instagram!!! Peter @pjdjets on Instagram and Twitter Josh @jwfreeman_ on Twitter and Instagram Artwork by @madisonn_rrose on Twitter and Instagram Don't forget to sign up for our newsletter! eepurl.com/h2KPob

Dr. Peter Donnelly, Director, Centre for Sport Policy Studies, Professor Emeritus, Sport Policy & Politics, University of Toronto

On today's show, Pope Francis issued a formal apology in Maskwacis for the Roman Catholic Church's role in cultural destruction and forced assimilation of Indigenous people. Plus, recent revelations from Hockey Canada and Gymnastics Canada has brought abuse in sport to the forefront. Why is it so pervasive in these large organizations? We ask Dr. Peter Donnelly, the director of the Centre for Sport Policy Studies and professor emeritus of Sport Policy & Politics at the University of Toronto. And the monarch butterfly has been put on the endangered species list. We find out more from Andrew Holland, the national media relations director with the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

This week Patrick is joined by Sir Peter Donnelly, CEO of Genomics PLC and Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford. They discuss how to get from data to implementation in the clinic, the challenges of polygenic risk scores including prediction across different ethnic backgrounds, and the role of genomics in drug discovery.

This week Patrick is joined by Sir Peter Donnelly, CEO of Genomics PLC and Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford. They discuss how to get from data to implementation in the clinic, the challenges of polygenic risk scores including prediction across different ethnic backgrounds, and the role of genomics in drug discovery.

Dr Peter Donnelly talking about Bronchiolitis. This talk is part of the Paediatric Emergencies 2021 event. To get your CME certificate for listening to the podcast please visit https://www.paediatricemergencies.com/conference/paediatric-emergencies-2021/

He has charmed us with his delightful series of children's books featuring our own President Michael D Higgins, now Peter Donnelly is back with a book we could all do with after lockdown. It's called 'Up on the mountain'. In discussion with Sinéad Brassil See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast Justin Bates returned to the show, to talk with Scott about the possibility of federal or provincial vaccine passports. Guest: Justin Bates, CEO of the Ontario Pharmacist Association - Reggie Cecchini joined the show from the U.S. to update us on the state of COVID-19 in the U.S. as well as the political maneuvering happening around the fight against the virus. Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News  - Scott and Professor Thomas Tenkate followed Reggie with a conversation about COVID-19 worldwide. Guest: Thomas Tenkate, Professor at the School of Occupational & Public Health with Ryerson University - For a look at the growing number of reports of sexual misconduct in the CAF, Scott spoke with Amanda Connelly, then with Daniel Beland. Guests: Amanda Connolly, Journalist for Global News Daniel Béland, James McGill Professor of Political Science and Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada with McGill University - The Tokyo Olympics are going to look rather different, compared to previous games. Professor Peter Donnelly joined Scott, to talk about the way athletes could be affected by empty stands and other restrictions. Guest: Peter Donnelly, Professor with the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education at the University of Toronto   Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, keep up with the big stories developing in Hamilton, Ontario and across Canada: https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott Thompson Content Producer - Jordan Armenise Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After many years of research, Sir Peter Donnelly made the leap from academia to founding his own company, to lead the charge in having a truly tangible impact with everything we are learning about genetics. His venture, Genomics PLC, has acquired funding from top-tier investors like F-Prime Capital, Oxford Sciences Innovation, Foresite Capital, and Lansdowne Partners.

After many years of research, Sir Peter Donnelly made the leap from academia to founding his own company, to lead the charge in having a truly tangible impact with everything we are learning about genetics. His venture, Genomics PLC, has acquired funding from top-tier investors like F-Prime Capital, Oxford Sciences Innovation, Foresite Capital, and Lansdowne Partners.

Teenager Ruairi Holohan, wise beyond his years, suggested what can be done to make life better for the LGBTQ+ community. Gerry was delighted to catch-up with author of the President's book series Peter Donnelly. The Cooneys at Boann Distillery are onto a good thing with Silks Gin which is infused with lots of local botanicals and their very own honey! Blondie re-formed and returned with a bang as our Artists of the Week story continued and Gerry paid his own tribute to retiring Countdown presenter Nick Hewer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Genetic testing is on the cusp of a major revolution, which has the potential to shift not just how we understand our risk for disease, but how we practice healthcare. In the clinic today, genetic testing is used only in cases where we know that mutations have big impact on physiology (BRCA mutations in breast cancer, for example). But our knowledge of how our genetics influences our risk for disease has evolved, and we now know that many (tens of thousands to even millions) small changes in our genes, each of which individually has a tiny effect, combine to influence our risk profile. This new appreciation — coupled with powerful statistical methods and massive datasets — has fueled the creation of a new tool to quantify the risk of a broad range of common diseases: the polygenic risk score. On this episode, which originally aired on January 18, 2021, host Lauren Richardson (@lr_bio) is joined by Peter Donnelly, (@genemodeller Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford and the CEO of Genomics PLC,) and Vineeta Agarwala, (@vintweeta physician-scientist and general partner at a16z), to discuss these scores and how they can reshape healthcare, away from a paradigm of treating illness and towards prevention and maintenance of health. 

Genetic testing is on the cusp of a major revolution, which has the potential to shift not just how we understand our risk for disease, but how we practice healthcare. In the clinic today, genetic testing is used only in cases where we know that mutations have big impact on physiology (BRCA mutations in breast cancer, for example). But our knowledge of how our genetics influences our risk for disease has evolved, and we now know that many (tens of thousands to even millions) small changes in our genes, each of which individually has a tiny effect, combine to influence our risk profile. This new appreciation — coupled with powerful statistical methods and massive datasets — has fueled the creation of a new tool to quantify the risk of a broad range of common diseases: the polygenic risk score. On this episode, host Lauren Richardson (@lr_bio) is joined by Dr. Peter Donnelly, (@genemodeller Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford and the CEO of Genomics PLC,) and Vineeta Agarwala, (@vintweeta physician-scientist and general partner at a16z), to discuss these scores and how they can reshape healthcare, away from a paradigm of treating illness and towards prevention and maintenance of health.

Interview with new Tyrone Senior Football backroom members Peter Donnelly and Joe McMahon.

Dr Peter Donnelly talking about Symptomatic Hyponatraemia. This talk is part of the Paediatric Emergencies 2020 event. For more details visit the conference webpage at https://www.paediatricemergencies.com/conference/paediatric-emergencies-2020/

Peter Donnelly is the author and illustrator behind the ‘President’s’ series of picture books. He talked to Ryan about his love of The Dead Zoo and why it was the perfect setting for his new book!

Jarred Taylor hosts Peter A. Donnelly, COL. USAF Ret. Since separating from the military, Peter has started A15 publishing, focused on helping veteran stories get published and promoted to the public. Jarred served under COL Donnelly while serving as a TACP in the Air Force and they still work on projects together to this day in pursuit of A15's mission.

This is DAY 24   of the COVID-19 pandemic. An unvarnished view of what we should expect in the coming days and weeks in Ontario's fight against COVID-19. And Ontario’s fight is Canada’s fight > Here’s what you need to know on Friday, April 3, 2020 Some dire projections from Ontario this afternoon. As promised, Premier Doug Ford and provincial public health officials shared their COVID-19 modelling projections. Doctor Peter Donnelly is the CEO of Public Health Ontario. He told the Queen’s Park press gallery …and laid out the stark numbers the Premier’s referred to. You heard correctly. The best case scenario, if we all do everything we can to curb the spread of COVID-19, Dr. Donelly says there would be 3000-15000 COVID related deaths in the next 18-24 months. For some important perspective… The death rate for influenza in Canada is 500 to 1500 cases per year. 500-1500 for all of Canada. Based on the projections presented Friday afternoon, Ontario’s COVID death toll alone would  6 to 10 times greater than the national death toll from the flu. Dr. Donelly stresses in order to keep those numbers as low as possible, we must all take an aggressive stance…Flattening the curve won’t be good enough. We need to chop the top off the curve. Even at that, given this best-case scenario…the projections suggest 80 thousand Ontarians will be infected by COVID-19 by the end of April. And the Premier says that’s going to mean hundreds of fatalities in mere weeks. Again, for some perspective, the modelling suggests Ontario’s death toll would be more than 1600 by the end of the month. As of Friday afternoon on April the 3rd, Ontario is reporting 67 deaths It means the wave will continue to mount, it’s far from cresting and will crash into our already stressed healthcare services. The projections suggesting that Ontario’s Intensive Care Unit beds will be at capacity within weeks and will still be stressed if the province is able to add 900 more beds before the end of April. Much has been made of the shortage of medical supplies and that became more complicated when US President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act requiring companies to prioritize the production of masks and ventilators to fight the spread of COVID-19. Sugical mask manufacturer 3M says the White House has requested it cease exports of U.S.-made N95 face masks to Canada. 3M is pushing back on the order and so is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau wouldn’t comment on whether the federal government is considering imposing retaliatory measures.   For all the attention on data and modelling and projecting what may be coming… But there was data hiding in plain view four months ago that predicted the novel corona virus that has resulted in the COVID-19 pandemic. Katherine Ellison is an author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist based in San Fransisco who says researchers combed through social media data in December saw the rise of the new corona virus in China.  

Join presented Jeannette de Beauvoir as she talks with musical duo Jon Richardson and Peter Donnelly (the "gay Simon and Garfunkel") and previews two of the songs on their new album, Mighty Mississippi and Dance All Night.Links:https://www.jeannettedebeauvoir.com/bloghttps://www.amazon.com/Jeannette-de-Beauvoir/e/B00JC3FHK4https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13994761.Jeannette_de_Beauvoirhttps://www.facebook.com/JeannettedeBeauvoir/

In this episode, Sir Peter Donnelly, CEO of Genomics Plc and Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford, explores the relationship between genetic variation and complex human diseases and talks about his career at the intersection of statistics and genetics.

Why are some Russians put on extremist watch lists for saving or posting memes online? Maria Motuznaya was investigated by police after saving edgy memes on her account on the social network VKontakte. Hundreds of Russians are being targeted for using memes declared to be racist, offensive or against the Russian Orthodox Church. People on the list have their bank account frozen and some face criminal charges. Will a blogger’s campaign make a difference? Are you more chimp or Neanderthal? We often hear scientists talking about how we are related but what’s the difference between 96% similarity and sharing 20% of our DNA, and do some of us literally have pieces of Neanderthal within us? Tim Harford talks to Peter Donnelly, Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford. Why is the relationship between fathers and sons so important? Nastaran Tavakoli-Far investigates. (Photo: A pair of hands in handcuffs hold a mobile phone showing the VKontakte website. Credit: Anton Vaganov/Interpress/TASS)

In episode four of season four we talk more about natural an artificial intelligences and thinking about diversity in systems. Reading Can a Biologist Fix a Radio is a great paper around these ideas. We take a listener question about moving into machine learning after having advanced training in a different program. Our guest on this episode is our second second time guest Peter Donnelly, Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford, Director of the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics and a Fellow of the Royal Society. 

In episode ten of season three we talk about the rate of change (prompted by Tim Harford), take a listener question about the power of kernels, and talk with Peter Donnelly in his capacity with the Royal Society's Machine Learning Working Group about the work they've done on the public's views on AI and ML.

JT and Evan sit down with authors Peter Donnelly and Marty Skovlund and discuss success in the publishing world. 

Former Cavan coach and current Tyrone coach Peter Donnelly spoke with Mickey Brennan after Tyrone beat Cavan by two goal in the 2016 Eirgrid U-21 Ulster quarter final.

The Romans, Vikings and Normans ruled Britain for many years, but few left their genetic calling cards behind in the DNA of today's mainland Caucasian population. That's one of the insights from the most comprehensive analysis yet of the genetic make-up of the UK's white British population. As the study's lead author Peter Donnelly explains it's produced some big surprises, not least how in contrast, the Anglo Saxons invasion was to account for up to 40% of the genetic mix in much of southern Britain. Much of Britain's current historical information is from a relatively small subset of people, but a genetic study like this sheds light on the history of the masses. The Royal Botanical Gardens Kew is currently at the forefront of trialling drone technology to map and locate remote vegetation The aim is to examine plant health and deforestation in detail, particularly in inaccessible areas around the globe. The team led by Justin Moat and Oliver Whaley have recently returned from Peru, where they've examined the fragile ecosystem threatened by mining in the Lomas region. BBC Inside Science's Sue Nelson was deployed to join the Kew team for a Drone test run. As our energy needs become greater, the impetus to tap the sun's energy directly becomes ever more urgent. A new paper published this month has cracked one of the barriers to efficient conversion of water into oxygen and hydrogen, which plants of course do naturally. Adam Rutherford speaks to Nathan Lewis at California's Institute of Technology who has developed an electrically conductive film that could enable devises to harness sunlight to split water into hydrogen. Chemist Andrea Sella assesses how close we are to achieving artificial photosynthesis and solar fuels. And ahead of tomorrow's solar eclipse, Adam speaks to solar scientist Dr Huw Morgan from the University of Aberystwyth, who together with his colleagues in Svalbard is going to use those precious seconds to answer one of the great enduring mysteries of the sun: why is the corona, the fiery crown around the orb, is a great deal hotter than the sun itself? Producer Adrian Washbourne.

Interview with Professor Peter Donnelly The Nuffield Department of Medicine recognises the challenge of balancing work-life commitments and encourages staff to make use of the range of University services and facilities to support them with this. Dr Jenny Taylor interviews Professor Peter Donnelly about how the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics encourages its employees to have a better work-life balance. They discuss the initiatives taken by the Centre including: inclusive scheduling of events, mentoring schemes and financial support for women returning from maternity leave. Professor Donnelly draws on his own experience, in the Statistical Genetics field, about the challenges faced by women at different stages of their careers. He believes that it is important to talk honestly about the challenges faced by people juggling careers and family, and to highlight examples where it works well.

Interview with Professor Peter Donnelly The Nuffield Department of Medicine recognises the challenge of balancing work-life commitments and encourages staff to make use of the range of University services and facilities to support them with this. Dr Jenny Taylor interviews Professor Peter Donnelly about how the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics encourages its employees to have a better work-life balance. They discuss the initiatives taken by the Centre including: inclusive scheduling of events, mentoring schemes and financial support for women returning from maternity leave. Professor Donnelly draws on his own experience, in the Statistical Genetics field, about the challenges faced by women at different stages of their careers. He believes that it is important to talk honestly about the challenges faced by people juggling careers and family, and to highlight examples where it works well.

Misuse of statistics_________________Clip from original episodeA bit from the classic British show, Yes Prime Minister._________________Apple WWDC keynote Apple CEO Tim Cook at this year’s World Wide Developers Conference Keynote. He points out that Apple has an install base of 80 Million Macs.Based on NetMarketShare data, as of May 2014, Windows 8 can be found on about 14 percent of all PCs currently running Windows. But with an overall market share of about 1.5 billion, Windows PCs represent nearly 91 percent of all computers in use worldwide. In simple terms, that means that Windows 8, widely considered a “failure” by critics and competitors, is in use on about 210 million PCs worldwide. That’s more than 5 times the install base of Mavericks, and more than 2.5 times the install base of every Mac currently in use. (Source: http://www.tekrevue.com/windows-8-outpaces-os-x-mavericks/)This also ignores other points of difference. Windows 8 is a major update that pretty much people only get with new machines and have to pay for. Maveriicks is a minor free upgrade by comparison.Full keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w87fOAG8fjk_________________Andrew Bolt and climate contrarians Analysis of this factoid:http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/andrew-bolt-damned-statistics-and-climate-change-41323 http://grogsgamut.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/andrew-bolt-trends-towards-dodgy-graphs.html http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-stopped-in-1998-intermediate.htm Original Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NDfwkr8hig_________________Misunderstanding of probability_________________Sally Clark wrongful conviction From a Ted Talk by Peter Donnelly. http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries# Background - Wikipedia on Sally Clark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Clark_________________Evolution and spontaneous beginning of lifeFrom URCall.org, a community of Christians sharing their ideas about the relationship between faith and science.Original Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-0AksTzfx0Fred Hoyle's junkyard tornado: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkyard_tornado_________________Book I’m part of the way through reading: How to not be wrong: http://www.jordanellenberg.com/how-not-to-be-wrong/Direct download of the episode: https://archive.org/download/HH101/HH101e0008.mp3_________________The Second (eBook) Edition of Humbug! is available for about US$3.99 from: Amazon (Kindle)Google Play Apple iBooksLULU (DRM free ePub)

Professor Peter Donnelly tells us how genetics helps us to understand common diseases and develop new drugs. Understanding which variations in our DNA affect susceptibility to diseases can provide new insights into the disease process and lead to new treatments. Professor Peter Donnelly leads large collaborative human genetic studies, and his group develops and applies statistical methods to extract maximal information from the large datasets generated by genomic studies.

Professor Peter Donnelly tells us how genetics helps us to understand common diseases and develop new drugs. Understanding which variations in our DNA affect susceptibility to diseases can provide new insights into the disease process and lead to new treatments. Professor Peter Donnelly leads large collaborative human genetic studies, and his group develops and applies statistical methods to extract maximal information from the large datasets generated by genomic studies.

Professor Peter Donnelly tells us how genetics helps us to understand common diseases and develop new drugs. Understanding which variations in our DNA affect susceptibility to diseases can provide new insights into the disease process and lead to new treatments. Professor Peter Donnelly leads large collaborative human genetic studies, and his group develops and applies statistical methods to extract maximal information from the large datasets generated by genomic studies.

Professor Peter Donnelly tells us how genetics helps us to understand common diseases and develop new drugs. Understanding which variations in our DNA affect susceptibility to diseases can provide new insights into the disease process and lead to new treatments. Professor Peter Donnelly leads large collaborative human genetic studies, and his group develops and applies statistical methods to extract maximal information from the large datasets generated by genomic studies.

Peter Donnelly, one of the UK's leading statisticians and geneticists, discusses his involvement in recent projects aimed at understanding the genetics of common human diseases.

Peter Donnelly, one of the UK's leading statisticians and geneticists, discusses his involvement in recent projects aimed at understanding the genetics of common human diseases.