Tag: genome sequencing

  • Genetics and genomics – when metaphors begin to matter

    Genetics and genomics – when metaphors begin to matter

    I remember in the not so distant past standing in the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge admiring the huge sequencing machines and chatting about public engagement with colleagues before giving a talk about genomics and metaphors. I also remember writing some things about gene editing and metaphor. In my mind all this related to basic…