Oh the horror

I just looked at Jim Watson’s genome I think. Thats not the scary part. What is shocking to me is how much work we have to do in order to make a user interface to human genomes that doesn’t make my head spin.

Sequencing is quickly becoming the easy the part. A freshly liberated ladder is of little help if I can’t figure out how to use it. We need more genomic cartographers.

The Genomic Cartographer:
1 part bioinformatician
1 part beautician
mix and serve

Update: This Genome Browser is looking promising.

July 25, 2007 | Filed Under Genetics Profession, Visualization, Genomic Data 

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  1. DNA Direct Talk » Blog Archive » Esther Dyson Gets Personal With Her Genome on July 25th, 2007 1:16 pm

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