Spot Theatre - The University of Melbourne
198 Berkeley St, Melbourne
Journey of Your Genes - Reveal Lecture
Melbourne residents celebrate their diversity by participating in the Genographic Project
Free Event
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| 10am-12pm | Reveal Lecture |
| In October 2009, one thousand people crowded into the University of Melbourne's Bio21 Institute to participate in the Genographic Project, with hundreds more purchasing kits afterward. In this reveal lecture, Dr Spencer Wells, leading population geneticist and director of the Genographic Project from National Geographic and IBM, will talk about the science behind the project, the common origins of our cohort of 100 free participants and the diversity of their ancestral journey.
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"...a unique opportunity to hightlight the incredible diversity of Melbourne's population and celebrate that diversity. Our family history is written in our genes and Melbourne's migratory history started well over 60,000 years ago"
Professor Philip Batterham, Chairman: Evolution - the Festival