Human Genome Project

This documentary about the Human Genome Project is one of my favorites. I show it to my students every year.

Nanopore sequencing

The Next Next Gen approach to sequencing.

The common water flea, Daphnia pulex, has more genes than any other animal known – including humans. It has 30,907.

Thanksgiving Genomes

Harvesting the Harvest Genome (via Discovermagazine.com)
This year when we sit down to our Thanksgiving feasts, we can do more than just salivate. As we enjoy our turkey, we can appreciate not just its juicy flesh and crisp skin, but marvel at its remarkable genome, with its 80 chromosomes (humans have 46) and strange, disease-causing mutations. A draft of the genetic sequence of this holiday bird was released in September, and it’s not alone: Many other foods that will grace our harvest tables have also had their ingredients sequenced. Here, a guide to the DNA of your Turkey Day dinner.

Speak of the devil

Scientists have completed the first draft of the Tasmanian devil genome in an effort to find a way fight the deadly facial tumor disease that has infected 60% of the devil population.