Biotechnology at the Cutting Edge

Get an introduction to some of today's top researchers and the basics of biotechnology biofuel, genetics, health, and agriculture. This video features interviews with four leading scientists in biotechnology who tell us what drew them to the field:

Dr. Pardis Sabeti, Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Dr. Jay Keasling, Chief Executive Officer, Joint BioEnergy Institute, U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Karen Nelson, Director, Rockville, Maryland, Campus of the J. Craig Venter Institute
Dr. Robert Fraley, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Monsanto Company

Note: A version of this video is available in the "Science in American Life" exhibition at the National Museum of American History.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibit...