El Lunes pasado, un profesor de mi carrera nos mostro un increible video perteneciente a esta pagina que recomiendo explorar. http://www.ted.com/ Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers Lamentablemente el único idioma disponible es el ingles. Pero es muy interesante ver quienes son los que hablan en estas conferencias, nada mas tómense un rato para buscar quienes son las personas que hablan sobre los variados temas interesantes que presenta dicho site. En este caso voy a poner el link directo de Craig Venter, hombre discutido por muchos, considerado el Bill Gates de la Genética, logró mediante fondos privados, descifrar el genoma humano, antes que todas las organizaciones gubernamentales con apoyo monetario y dinero. Nuestro amigo Craig habla sobre sus últimos descubrimientos referidos a la creación de vida sintética y al uso de bacterias que transforman directamente el Dióxido de Carbono en combustible. LINK --> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/227
Why you should listen to him:
Craig Venter, the man who led the private effort to sequence the human genome, is hard at work now on even more potentially world-changing projects.
First, there's his mission aboard the Sorcerer II, a 92-foot yacht, which, in 2006, finished its voyage around the globe to sample, catalouge and decode the genes of the ocean's unknown microorganisms. Quite a task, when you consider that there are tens of millions of microbes in a single drop of sea water. Then there's the J. Craig Venter Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to researching genomics and exploring its societal implications.
In 2005, Venter founded Synthetic Genomics, a private company with a provocative mission: to engineer new life forms. Its goal is to design, synthesize and assemble synthetic microorganisms that will produce alternative fuels, such as ethanol or hydrogen. He was onTime magzine's 2007 list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
In early 2008, scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute announced that they had manufactured the entire genome of a bacterium by painstakingly stitching together its chemical components. By sequencing a genome, scientists can begin to custom-design bootable organisms, creating biological robots that can produce from scratch chemicals humans can use, such as biofuel.
"Either he is one of this era's most electrifying scientists, or he's one of the most maddening."Washington Post
fuente: www.ted.com
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