BROADCASTS.com

After helping to sequence the human genome more than twenty years ago, biochemist Craig Venter seemed to recede from the public eye. But he hadn\u2019t retired. He had gone to sea and taken his revolutionary sequencing tools with him. We chatted with him about his multi-year voyage aboard the research vessel Sorcerer II, its parallels to Darwin\u2019s voyage, and the surprising discoveries his team made about the sheer number and diversity of marine microbes and their roles in ocean ecosystems.\nGuests:\nCraig Venter\xa0- Genomicist, biochemist, founder of the J. Craig Venter Institute, and co-author of \u201cThe Voyage of Sorcerer II: The Expedition that Unlocked the Secrets of the Ocean\u2019s Microbiome.\u201d\nJeff Hoffman\xa0- Lab manager at the J. Craig Venter Institute and expedition scientist on the Sorcerer II expedition.\nFeaturing music by\xa0Dewey Dellay\xa0and\xa0Jun Miyake\nBig Picture Science is part of the\xa0Airwave Media\xa0podcast network.\xa0Please contact\xa0advertising@airwavemedia.com\xa0to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science.\nYou can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on\xa0Patreon. Thanks for your support!\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices