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Genetic Genealogy on Faces of America

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:19:45 +0000

Quite a line-up of celebrities!

Eva Longoria, Meryl Streep, Mario Batali, Stephen Colbert, Malcolm Gladwell, Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Nichols, Kristi Yamaguchi, Elizabeth Alexander, Queen Noor and Louise Erdrich have all submitted DNA tests for a new PBS television series FACES OF AMERICA.

Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. airs on Wednesdays, February 10 – March 3, 2010 from 8-9 p.m. ET on PBS.

Larry David’s DNA Test

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:46:24 +0000

Larry David found out last night on Lopez Tonight that he “fails as a European” being only 63% European according to a DNA ancestry test. David seemed genuinely surprised by the remaining 37% of his ethnicity. Watch the video to find out more about the 37% or click on this link from Twitter.

Video: Knome’s Ari Kiirikki Speaks with Medgadget

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:31:17 +0000

via Medgadget

Q&A with Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:36:04 +0000

The New York Times Freakonomics blog is hosting a Q&A with 23andMe founder, Anne Wojcicki. You can post your questions in the comments section. Answers will be available on the Freakonomics blog in about a week.

Bring Your Questions for Genetics Entrepreneur Anne Wojcicki

Here’s a recent video of Wojcicki and Linda Avey talking about 23andMe’s new initiative, Research Revolution.

Personal Genome Project Documentary Film

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:44:38 +0000

See the PGP-10 in action! Necessary Films has released webisodes of their upcoming documentary, Genome: The Future is Now, featuring the first 10 volunteers of the Personal Genome Project, including founder George Church, Misha Angrist, Esther Dyson, and Keith Batchelder (interview here at Eye on DNA).

From Necessary Films:

In the summer of 2008 ours were the only cameras permitted into the genomic consultations of each of the PGP-10 during which they began to understand the health implications of their genomes.

I can’t wait to see more!

Regulatin’ Genes Video

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:36:44 +0000

With a cameo from my favorite Stanford professor, Robert Siegel.

Stephen Colbert’s DNA Headed for the International Space Station

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:44:46 +0000

Along with the DNA of other bright minds, musicians, and athletes, clever funnyman Stephen Colbert’s digitized DNA will also be included in Operation Immortality’s digital time capsule that’s being delivered to the International Space Station next month. See video above for his DNA sign-off from February 2006.

via 60-Second Science

DNA Video: DNA Replication by The Backrow

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:04:00 +0000

I’d say these guys earned their 30 extra credit points in science….

DNA Video: Illumina on Wallstrip

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Interesting little summary on the history of Illumina.

They look through your DNA and discover your genetic code.

via business|bytes|genes|molecules

DNA Video: History of the Species

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:06:00 +0000

Work by the MRG at Goldsmiths.
Including: William Latham, Stephen Todd, Frederic Fol Leymarie, Miki Shaw, Ben Jefferys, Lawrence Kelley.

At the core of this work is the idea of feeding DNA data sequences into a rich 3D form generator called FormGrow, to generate organic-looking 3D growth structures, creating an equivalence of the DNA mapped into an alternative multi-dimensional space.

via Kevin Kelly