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Yishi Jin - Professor, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

Selected: The Common Thread: A Story of Science, Politics, Ethics and the Human Genome by John Sulston and Georgina Ferry

I like the book [an autobiography of John Sulston] for two reasons: one is the spirit Sir Sulston has shown throughout his work with C. elegans and the Human genome; the other is his advocacy for the open access of research data to the public. Despite his tremendous achievement, he came across as a modest, loving person.

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