2. Introduction
Well-versed in the field of molecular
biology, Dr. Jef Boeke received his PhD
in the subject in 1982 from Rockefeller
University. He has been a professor in
the Johns Hopkins University
Department of Molecular Biology and
Genetics, and will be joining the
Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Pharmacology at NYU. Dr. Jef
Boeke has been a leading contributor to
research papers and a guiding influence
in genome studies.
3. About the Genome Structure
n genetics and molecular biology, the
genome represents the total compendium of
an organism’s genetic information. These
details can be encoded in either ribonucleic
acid (RNA), which is found in certain viruses,
or in the deoxyribonucleic acid molecule,
better known as DNA. The term “genome”
was coined by Professor Hans Winkler in
1920, and is a blend of the terms, “gene” and
“chromosome.” In a human being, a
replication of the genome structure is found in
all the cells that contain a nucleus. A full map
of the human genome was completed in
2003.
