Myers, Eugene N., 1933-
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J. Craig Venter, 2006-03-02
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Craig Venter, biologist and genomic research pioneer, is interviewed by Mila Pollock and Jan Witkowski, on March 2, 2006, at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Maryland.Craig Venter discusses the following in his interview:
Scene 1. Early involvement in genomics -- Scene 2. The beginning of automated sequencing -- Scene 3. ESTs development -- Scene 4. British research -- Scene 5. Challenges -- Scene 6. Decision to leave NIH -- Scene 7. 1998 Cold Spring Harbor Genome...
Dates:
2006-03-02
Shotgun assembly strategies - Gene Myers
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This meeting brought together the major researchers involved in DNA sequencing since its inception in the 1960s. Prominent guest speakers examined the history of sequencing and how the technology has transformed the biological sciences over the past five decades.
Sequencing began with the British biochemist Fred Sanger, two-time winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. While studying nucleic acids in the early 1960s, Sanger figured out a way to sequence small sections of RNA. This work...
Dates:
2015