So PLoS Biology is publishing a paper on Craig Venter’s genome tomorrow, Tuesday September 4. Apparently there was a press conference this morning at 10AM Eastern to discuss it. I’m very confused: this is “the first diploid human genome” and it’s unveiled with barely a heads-up on Labor Day morning?
Who are you people and what have you done with Craig Venter?
UPDATE: Um, never mind…
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I work as an Assistant Professor in the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (although this site and its content are my own).
In 2007 I became the fourth subject in Harvard geneticist George Church's Personal Genome Project. As the PGP moves forward, I am chronicling the dawn of personal genomics, that is, people obtaining their genomic information for whatever reason(s) and figuring out what to do with it. I am interested in the relevant technologies and especially the attendant privacy and other ethical/legal/social issues.
This blog may also discuss some of my non-genome interests or, to paraphrase Dwight Yoakam, "Guitars, Cadillacs, hillbilly music, etc etc."
The header image comes from the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's multimedia performance piece, "Ferocious Beauty: Genome."
September 4th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Don’t worry. They’re more than making up for it today!
September 4th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Touche, Hsien…and how!