About Elliot Hershberg
"If the 20th century was the century of physics, the 21st century will be the century of biology. While combustion, electricity and nuclear power defined scientific advance in the last century, the new biology of genome research—which will provide the complete genetic blueprint of a species, including the human species—will define the next. "
- Craig Venter and Daniel Cohen, Fall 2004, Paris
What This Newsletter Is About
What a time to be alive. As a species, we’ve arrived at an unprecedented moment in Evolution.
We can now read, write, and edit DNA—the source code of all living organisms. Advances in DNA sequencing technology have outpaced Moore’s Law, becoming the “broadly enabling microscope” of the 21st century.