Beyond the Human Genome Project
黑料不打烊's "Cutting Edge" lecture series presents:
Eric Lander, founder and director
Whitehead Institute Center for Genome Research
When: Thursday, April 8, 6:00 pm
Where: Redpath Museum Auditorium, 859 Sherbrooke St. W.
Information: marie.laricca [at] mcgill.ca (Marie La Ricca)
MIT professor Eric Lander, an internationally accomplished researcher in the field of genetics, will discuss his thoughts on the ongoing transformation in the world of biology during a special lecture at 黑料不打烊 University on April 8.
Lander plans to cover six areas in his lecture: the systematic approach to disease, the Human Genome Project, comparing genomes, human genetic variation, classifying cancers, and integrating information.
Lander will move quickly between lecture topics, from a brief description of how a chromosome walking technique was used to isolate the cystic fibrosis gene, to an explanation of the process by which the human genome was transcribed, to the genetic similarities shared by a human and a mouse. Lander admits there are questions to which his field of research has no answers, yet he will outline his ambitious goals for future study.
He will also comment on the impact that computers have had on research. With computers now capable of housing and digesting enormous amounts of information, tasks such as the Human Genome Project that began in a painstakingly slow fashion have accelerated exponentially. Thanks to computers, over 99 percent of the human genome is now known; millions of genetic variations that help with disease prevention have been identified; cancers can be classified within seconds; and a single small card can show an individual's entire DNA coding.
