About the session
The speaker discusses the grand challenges of sequencing the first draft human genome in 2001, the first complete diploid human genome in 2007 and the construction of the first synthetic bacterial cell in 2010. He also discusses the grand challenges that are involved in a variety of current projects and programmes, including: synthetic genomic research and the application of these advances to develop new biofuels, vaccines and food and nutritional products; continued analysis of the human genome, including the human microbiome; and discovering and understanding genetic diversity in the world's oceans.
