Jul 01 2008
Last month I had the opportunity to go to the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution conference in the striking city of Barcelona. This is the premiere conference for geneticists studying evolution in everything from bacteria to fruit flies, weeds, worms and our favorite model organism, humans! This is a highly interactive conference: almost everyone [...]
Jun 27 2008
This month I had the opportunity to go to the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution conference in the striking city of Barcelona. This is the premiere conference for geneticists studying evolution in everything from bacteria to fruit flies, weeds, worms and our favorite model organism, humans! This is a highly interactive conference: almost everyone [...]
Jun 20 2008
What can we learn from studying how variations of human genes are spread out around the world?
A lot, said population geneticist and Harvard junior fellow Sohini Ramachandran, who spoke at 23andMe this week.
Ramachandran focused on how genes spread from one continent to another, and how they vary within each region as well.
As an example, she [...]
Feb 27 2008
By 23andMe Director Esther Dyson
One of 23andMe’s goals is to help people understand how their own genetics influences who they are – what they look like, the diseases they’re prone to, maybe even how they behave.
The problem is, right now most of that is just unknown. Though the genetic data in your 23andMe account is [...]
Feb 13 2008
Do you finally understand why you love milk and hate bourbon? Or vice versa?
Have you discovered that you have ancestors in a part of the world you never expected?
Have any of you downloaded your data? What did you do with it?
Inquiring minds want to know. Now that 23andMe has been in business for nearly three [...]
