July 18, 2021
Pregnancy with Jenny
Description
Jenny Chen, a certified smarty pants (Harvard Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics from MIT), discusses pregnancy and gently explains placentas.
Episode
Bio
Jenny Chen is a Harvard Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow with a PhD in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics from MIT. A dry + wet lab scientist studying the genetics and evolution of behavior, a jungle geneticist, a radio DJ, a podcaster, an owner of cats. She’s a big deal in the lncRNA promoters and nucleosome occupancy space.
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What Jason Learned
Libby's vienna sausages are made of chicken.
What Kelcey Learned
0.5% of the entire global population (~16 million people) descended from Genghis Khan.
Fact or Fiction: Pregnancy Edition

  1. Nipple stimulation is a method of bringing on labor - FACT

  2. Women suffering from heartburn are more likely to give birth to babies with full heads of hair - FACT

  3. The longest pregnancy recorded was 11 and a half months - FICTION (12 and a half months)

  4. Babies whose mothers listen to jazz during pregnancy are more likely to be left-handed - FICTION

  5. Women over five foot five are more likely to conceive fraternal twins - FACT

Won't You, Haiku?
Pregnancy

I don't enjoy it.
Babies are the very best,
But, placenta? Gross!