Charles Delisi, 2003-09-08

Charles DeLisi describes his early interests in physics, mathematics, and genetics, and his participation in the cultural shift in biology during the 1980s which spurred the Human Genome Project (HGP.) DeLisi tells of his work at Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Center, and at the Department of Energy where he organized the important 1986 Santa Fe Workshop, where plans to to sequence the human genome were discussed. Having been the first director of the Department of Energy's HGP effort, DeLisi talks about funding the HGP, surprises, dangers in, and the future of genomic research. He recalls meeting Jim Watson, and other colleagues in gene mapping. Charles DeLisi's interview discusses the following: Scene 1. Becoming a scientist -- Scene 2. Involvement in genomics -- Scene 3. Involvement in genomics: the Human Genome Project -- Scene 4. The Santa Fe workshop -- Scene 5. Opposition to the Human Genome Project -- Scene 6. Mechanics of the Human Genome Project -- Scene 7. Public and private funding of science -- Scene 8. Scientific career highlights: The Human Genome Project -- Scene 9. Surprises in the Human Genome Project -- Scene 10. Dangers of genomic research -- Scene 11. Gene patenting -- Scene 12. Competition in science -- Scene 13. Meeting Jim Watson -- Scene 14. Lee Hood -- Scene 15. Walter Gilbert -- Scene 16. Charles Cantor -- Scene 17. Sydney Brenner -- Scene 18. The future of genomic research.