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Enter the Dark Genome - Instructions Hidden in Plain Sight

Take a trip to the frontiers of biology to explore the weird and wonderful world inside your DNA... at this free public lecture on Wednesday 2nd April at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

Enter the Dark Genome - Instructions Hidden in Plain Sight

About Enter the Dark Genome - Instructions Hidden in Plain Sight

Free public lecture with drinks reception

Speaker: Dr Kat Arney

6-7pm - Public lecture in the Great Hall, followed by questions
7-8pm - Reception in the Library

Kat is an award-winning science communicator and author of the books 'How to Code a Human', 'Herding Hemingway's Cats' and 'Rebel Cell'.
Her voice is familiar as the host of the Genetics Society's ‘Genetics Unzipped’ podcast.

More information: institute-genetics-cancer.ed.ac.uk/news-events/events/latest-events/enter-the-dark-genome

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