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Dr. Jenny Reardon's talk about her book and implications My Own Image I attended a talk given by Dr. Jenny Reardon from UCSC, called “The Postgenomic Condition: Justice, Knowledge, Life After the Genome.” Her enthusiasm for the topic and her intriguing viewpoints caught my attention. Before, I only had a general idea about what The Human Genome Project (HGP) is, a project focusing on the determination of the sequence of nucleotide base pairs that make up human DNA. However, after listening to her talk, I learned that the current direction of The Human Genome Project highlights the diverse applications of this project as well as the issues arisen due to unequal access to the genome database.             A strong connection that I made with the diverse applications resulting from this project is in the lecture “Biotech + Art.” I believe that the key machinery/driver of the Human Genome Project is the machines that do the sequencing (National Human Genome Research Institute).

Space + Art, the last topic for this class, best ties previous class materials together and emphasizes how artists and scientists are conversing with one another to push boundaries both in the scientific and nonscientific communities.             Professor Vesna’s discussion of Copernicus’ contribution to astronomy led me to think about how Copernicus was also an artist because using his scientific research, he was able to depict the solar system (Vesna, part 1). Connecting with the video Power of Ten, Copernicus and the video seem to deliver a common message of the vastness of our world through illustrations/drawings. Power of Ten by Eames Office https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0 Not only does topic of space provide us perspective about our own world, what I found most interesting was how the focus on space has fostered education and influenced pop culture, ultimately appealing to both the scientific and nonscientific communities. The Space Race,