Biology Entrepreneur:Craig Venter

Craig Venter, founder of The Institute for Genomic Research. Him and his team, were the 1st to decode the genome of a free- living organism. In the year 2001 Craig Venter found the Human genome. Craig Venter Institute announced that they had manufactured the entire genome of a bacterium by putting together its chemical components. The Institute for Genomic Research is looking for biological energy production and synthetic life.

I think that Craig Venter is doing extremely well, He gave the other scientists a whole new step to take it from. He accomplished many things in his life for himself as well as for others. Craig Venter went to Mills High School. He wasn't getting the straight A's you would expect for him to get and went through many hardships in his life. He is striving to find more mysteries in biology.

I think Craig Venter and his company will solve more mysteries, that other scientists couldn't find, and hopefully find cures for diseases, that we don't know the cause of. I hope he can make another great break through in things we didn't know before, and continue to help fellow scientists around him.

Craig Venter on the verge of creating synthetic life:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nKZ-GjSaqgo

So Small, Yet SOOO COMPLEX

Dr. Fong was a quest speaker for Mr. Olson's Biology class. Dr. Fong explained to the class about the functions and parts of the eye. She told us that the eye is very complex, that even Mr. Charles Darwin was stuck on how the eye had evolved. Dr. Fong also told the class that, looking at the eye, and its veins and arteries, a expert can tell if the person has high blood pressure, if the person was blond hair, young or old, if a person had diabetes, and even high cholesterol. Another interesting fact is that no one has the same Retina as you. Not even twins have the same Retina. When dissecting the sheep eye, the Retina was a opaque color, and Dr. Fong pointed out that, the older the eye, the more of an opaque color. A younger is clearer then the older eye. Dr. Fong was a great presenter, even though I didn't know much, if not anything about the eye before, Dr. Fong explained the basics and the functions of the eye clearly. She explained the "hard to understand" terms in simple terms, so that everyone can understand, which think really help the class to listen to. I really enjoyed the guest speaker, and I am now looking forward to learn more about the eye!