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As a kid, Science for Dr Anil Menon was a dinner table conversation with his parents, who were both scientists. Dr Menon enjoyed those discussions.

As a young boy, he was fascinated with Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of the Elements. This fascination led to his lifelong commitment for science in general, and Molecular Genetics in particular.

Dr. Anil Menon is Professor of Molecular Genetics & Associate Dean of the UG Program in Medical Sciences.

In this Podcast, Dr. Menon reflects on his journey into the then emerging field of Molecular Genetics, Working in Cold Spring Harbor Lab at SUNY Stony Brook, PhD in Jerry Lingrel’s Lab at the U Cincinnati, Postdoctoral work with the Human Genome Project at Harvard, and his Professional Career at the University of Cincinnati.

In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

• Dr. Menon’s Passion For Science
• PhD in Jerry Lingrel’s Lab, UC
• Human Genome Project at Harvard
• Embryonic Stem Cells Research, UC

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Dr. Anil Menon, U of Cincinnati []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• The Passion For Science []
• UG to PhD []
• Jerry Lingrel’s Lab []
• PhD Work []
• Fast Forward 35 Years! []
• Yamanaka Factors []
• The OCT4 Potential []
• Reflecting on the elusive OCT4 []
• Postdoc at Harvard - Human Genome Project []
• Jim Gazella’s Lab - Gene Sequencing []
• UC - Embryonic Stem Cells []
• Why Molecular Biology? []

Our Guest: Dr. Anil Menon is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Menon received his PhD at the University of Cincinnati and did his Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard Medical School. 

Memorable Quote: “So, I think I will always be a scientist, I think I'm a little more you know, I view it with less, less naivety now than I did when I first started, but it has not changed. I think the atoms that comprise me, have been touched with, with just the joy of doing science, and I will always be a scientist.” Dr. Anil Menon.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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