Richard Dawkins interviews Craig Venter for "The Genius of Charles Darwin," the Channel 4 UK TV program which won British Broadcasting Awards' "Best Documentary Series" of 2008.
Craig Venter founded The Institute for Genomic Research and has been credited with being instrumental in mapping the human genome. His team published the first complete genome of an individual human -- Venter's own DNA sequence.
Even if you have only a mild interest in genomics, you might appreciate this interview. It is wonderfully raw, and clearly demonstrates the incredible speed at which innovation is progressing.
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Related:
Craig Venter TED talks: On the verge of creating synthetic life and DNA and the sea.
5 part PBS series on DNA.
My post about Juan Enriquez's book, As The Future Catches You, and his Feb '09 TED talk.
Video of Anthony Atala discussing the advances in growing new cells, tissues, and organs at the 2007 New Yorker conference.
