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August 16, 2022 28 mins

We know that DNA carries the stuff that makes us, well, us! But what happens in supercoiled DNA? What does it even mean to be supercoiled? Does it change how our genes are expressed? Tune in to listen to PhD student, Cindy Shaheen, who's exploring supercoiling in DNA. With her interesting perspective from biology and physics, you'll be sure to learn a thing or two and maybe about how supercoiling might influence our genetics!

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