Marnie Blewitt The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne Marnie Blewitt wants to know how a human being is made: how does a single fertilised egg develop into an adult …
James Watson’s genome published today
Yours will follow! Friday, 18 April 2008: available for interviews this morning. Today the co-discoverer of the double helix, James Watson, had his genome published in the journal Nature. His …
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Why are we so complicated?
Genetics of climate change; new vaccines; how plants flower; the personal genome and other stories from the gene revolution. Also visit: Background information Fifty five years after Watson and …
Genetic analysis of light assists faster internet
Australian scientists have used genome analysis tools to create a patented technology to investigate the fate of the laser beams zapping through the optical fibres that connect our cities. Their …
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Maynard Olson receives $500,000 Gruber Genetics Prize and reflects on personalized genomics
Media release from award presentation - 24 October 2007 Past Winners of the Genetics Prize Other Peter Gruber Foundation Prizes …
Gene silencing triggers a new revolution: 2007 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
Peter Waterhouse and Ming-Bo Wang The human genome project found we have around 32,000 genes—only a few more than other animals, insects and most plants. Knowing how those genes are turned on and off …