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Jo Handelsman, a pioneer in metagenomics research and Associate Director for Science at the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivered the third Patrusky Lecture during the New Horizons in Science briefings at MIT Oct. 11, 2015.
The New Horizons briefings are organized by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, and the Patrusky Lecture is given in honor of Ben Patrusky, CASW's Executive Director Emeritus.
Handelsman traced the evolution of thinking about microbiomes and metagenomics, a field she pioneered as a microbiologist at the University of Wisconsin and more recently at Yale. She said an interagency committee has been formed to accelerate federal support for research on microorganisms and microbiomes, the communities of microbes that inhabit the human body and other habitats.
Video © Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, Inc. Videography by Lars-Erik Sirén, vikingfilmservices.com
Jo Handelsman, a pioneer in metagenomics research and Associate Director for Science at the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivered the third Patrusky Lecture during the New Horizons in Science briefings at MIT Oct. 11, 2015.
The New Horizons briefings are organized by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, and the Patrusky Lecture is given in honor of Ben Patrusky, CASW's Executive Director Emeritus.
Handelsman traced the evolution of thinking about microbiomes and metagenomics, a field she pioneered as a microbiologist at the University of Wisconsin and more recently at Yale. She said an interagency committee has been formed to accelerate federal support for research on microorganisms and microbiomes, the communities of microbes that inhabit the human body and other habitats.
Video © Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, Inc. Videography by Lars-Erik Sirén, vikingfilmservices.com
