Hanging at base camp…
…with The Gene Sherpa. At the risk of being accused of shameless blogf%@#, Steve Murphy is a remarkable guy and I expect he will loom large in the book I’m writing. We had a long rambling conversation about condescension toward genetics by physicians, condescension toward patients by geneticists, Google, personal genomics companies, informed consent, IRBs, Myriad Genetics, my disturbing lipid levels (as I blithely wolfed down a BLT and milkshake), Helix Health, G.I. Joe, Serpentor, and what an amazing time this is to be alive. I don’t always agree with him, but this guy is onto something. At the callow age of 31, he is living and thriving at the bleeding edge.
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."
February 4th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Dr. Gene Sherpa looks far more put together than he should. Where are his crampons?
February 4th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
I am here with Berci awaiting his lecture on Medicine 2.0, he said the same thing. I left the crampons in Greenwich. Misha, thanks for the good words. Go Joe!!!
-Steve
www.thegenesherpa.blogspot.com