Fascinating talk from Dr Steve Minchin

On Wednesday, a large audience of mostly Years 12 and 13 biologists attended a lecture on The Human Genome by Dr Steve Minchin, Senior Lecturer at the School of Biosciences from the University of Birmingham. This was a very interesting lecture which explored the significance and importance of the human genome. It was great for Year 12s who are recently learning about this, and for Year 13s too who have mock exams coming up.

The talk focused on how DNA sequence variation within the human population is responsible for individual uniqueness, including the differences in susceptibility to disease, responses to therapeutic treatment and personality. This was very thought-provoking information.