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 August 1, 2008

Genomics in La Jolla
I'm always amazed, even though it seems to be becoming quite a habit, how La Jolla continues to lead the way in so many different fields. Today the J. Craig Venter Institute launched their genomics program. The course will educate teachers who want to learn more about genomics. Genomics studies an organism's complete genome and focuses on mapping out the entire DNA sequence. The course began on July 29th and ends today August 1st.
Originally, the J. Craig Venter Institute began offering courses at their first location in Maryland. Now, only ten years later, the Institute opened a location in La Jolla, CA. The course is being offered to middle school and high school teachers and was created to help them gain a greater understanding of genomics.

What an opportunity for those of us living in San Diego. The genomics field is growing at such a fast pace that the only way to rapidly expand is to start with the teachers. From there, they will bring it back into the schools. The J. Craig Venter Institute is a "not-for-profit" organization.