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SUMMARY:Reading your DNA - Sir Shankar Balasubramanian
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DESCRIPTION:DNA is a linear molecule that comprises four building blocks\,
  often abbreviated to the letters G\, C\, T and A. The sequence of these f
 our letters constitutes a code that comprises 3.2 billion letters in a cop
 y of the human genome. The International Human Genome Project used an appr
 oach developed by Fred Sanger to generate the first human genome reference
  in a global collaboration that spanned a decade. Over 20 years ago\, duri
 ng the course of some basic scientific experiments\, a collaboration with 
 David Klenerman and our co-workers\, unexpectedly led us to conceive and t
 hen pursue a different way of sequencing DNA. The initial experiments ulti
 mately led to a rapid\, low-cost sequencing approach\, which was developed
  and commercialised through a company we co-founded\, called Solexa. Today
  the technique is able to sequence human\, and other\, genomes at a cost a
 nd speed that shows over a million-fold improvement compared to when we be
 gan the project in 1997. I will also discuss some of our more recent work 
 on the chemistry\, sequencing and function of DNA epigenetics.\n\nTalks ar
 e priced at £4 for non-Scientific Society members. Scientific Society mem
 bers will have free access to all our talks. Lifetime membership costs £1
 5 and gives free access to all talks\, members-only events and priority ac
 cess to oversubscribed SciSoc events.
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Roa
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