Fabulous morning session! Dr. Lindsay spoke on DNA sequencing. He covered a number of topics that we had intros to over the last week, reinforcing and elaborating on the concepts. He talked about some of the research they are doing and is going to try to set up a tour of the Biodesign Institute. He strongly encouraged us to read "Double Helix" by Jim Watson. Dr. Lindsay talked about the progress made on the study of the human genome. Epigenetic coding and X chromasome poisoning and how the methalation of DNA can prevent it was discussed.
He explained the process of how to get DNA from a crime scene using Polymerase Chain Reactions. The information on nanopores and carbon tubes was fascinating.
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