Artificial Life
Summary
This video highlights the work done by Craig Venter (Co-founder and Former President, Celera Genomics Group and a renowned biologist) in the field of genomic research and genome synthesis. Dr. Venter adds that currently reading the genetic code is much simpler than synthesizing DNA. He elaborates on DNA synthesizers that can make very short stretches of DNA called oligonucleotides. His team set out to do an experiment to synthesize the 5x174 genome. 5x174 is a virus that kills bacteria and its genome is very intolerant of changes.
Keywords: Genome, bacteria, micro organisms, Celera Genomics Group, biologist, genomic research, genome synthesis, oligonucleotides
