Transforming Our DNA - 2016 Annual Report

Table of Contents 2016 Year in Review Letter fromH. Robert Horvitz, Chair Letter fromMaya Ajmera, President & CEO Overview and Top Ten Regeneron Sponsorship Announcement 2016 Society Competitions Intel Science Talent Search STS 75 th Anniversary Gala Intel International Science and Engineering Fair BroadcomMASTERS Alumni STS 75 th Anniversary Alumni Conference Science News Media Group Science News Science News for Students Outreach & Equity Science News in High Schools Advocate Grant Program

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One of biology’s biggest achievements in 2016 was intentionally as small as possible: building a bacteriumwith only 473 genes. That pint-size genetic blueprint is a mile- stone in a decades-long effort to create an organism containing just the bare essentials of life. Ultimately, such cell templates could transform the field of medicine, as well as agricultural and chemical industries.

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