TEDxCaltech - J. Craig Venter - Future Biology
J. Craig Venter is a biologist most known for his contributions, in 2001, of sequencing the first draft human genome and in 2007 for the first complete diploid human genome. In 2010 he and his...constructing the first synthetic bacterial cell....3860 days ago
Microbiome - Making better use of bacteria
Bacterial cells outnumber human cells 10-to-1 in the average person. Bacterial genes outnumber human genes 100-to-1. Mayo Clinic and the Center for Individualized Medicine are working to understand th...3853 days ago
The human microbiome and what we do to it
Did you know that you and I are only 1% human — we've 90 trillion cells which don't belong to us. Yes we are more bacteria than human. Have you ever wondered what it means to be human? It turns out that only a tiny percentage of what you...3853 days ago
Retrovirus Replication 3D Animation
The example used is the HIV Lentivirus. This video does a great job describing "complex" retrovirus transcription...gs are also described. NOTE: The viral genome in the form of DNA stays in the cell'...3842 days ago
The Cat: evolution, domestication and Genome 10k
A public lecture by Dr Stephen J O'Brien at the UCD Earth Institute, University College Dubl...ring diverse species to advance our understanding of the huma...d his team have assembled over 62,000 animal and 424,000 human...3826 days ago
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Memories Can Be Passed Down Through DNA
The premise of Assassin's Creed is the reliving of other people's memories stored ins...how this process works, and if it might apply to humans as well. Read More: Paren...tp://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6004/611 "The cells in a multicellu...3645 days ago
How to sequence the human genome - Mark J. Kiel
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-sequence-the-human-genome-mark-j-kiel Your genome, every human's genome, consists of a unique DNA sequence of A's, T's, C's and G's that tell your cells...3626 days ago
Genomics and Personalized Medicine
(October 20, 2009) Michael Snyder, Professor of Genetics and Chair of the Department of Gen...rd's medical school, the series offers students a dynamic introduction to the world of human...3623 days ago