Publication: Victor McElheny

Founding Director Victor McElheny has a new book out: Drawing the Map of Life: Inside the Human Genome Project (Basic Books, June 2010). Drawing the Map of Life is the story of the Human Genome Project from its origins, through the race to order the 3 billion subunits of DNA, to the surprises emerging as scientists seek to exploit the molecule of heredity. Read Victor’s interview with Thomas Rogers of Salon.com here, or watch a video presented by WGBH of a recent talk Victor gave at Harvard Book Store here. Congratulations Victor!