The New Biology

The development of new biotechnologies has resulted in an explosion of data that inform about the living world. I will describe one of these new approaches, SMRT DNA sequencing, emerging from a 3-person effort at a university through a silicon valley startup to a public company with currently more than 300 employees over the course of ~15 years. I will highlight how this and other technologies fundamentally transform the way biologists carry out research and apply it to achieve breakthroughs in disease prevention and treatment, agriculture, and alternative fuels.

Speaker: Jonas Korlach, Pacific Biosciences