Mapping All Viruses on Earth and a Few for Mars
The emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants that may alter viral fitness highlights the urgency of widespread next-generation...
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May 18, 2021
The Next 500 Years | Talks at Google
Dr. Christopher Mason discusses his book "The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds". Inevitably, life on Earth will come...
Apr 19, 2021
Is It Our Moral Duty to Explore Other Planets?
Inevitably, life on Earth will come to an end, whether by climate disaster, cataclysmic war, or the death of the sun in a few billion...
Jan 3, 2021
Plenary: High Throughput Tools for Responding to COVID-19 | Bio Summit 4.0 (2020)
Chris talks about high-throughput tools for responding to COVID-19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocqyRYuPeZI&ab_channel=GlobalCommunit...
Mar 27, 2020
SynBioBeta COVID-19 Town Hall #6: Environmental Sampling for Coronavirus
Christopher Mason has swabbed the NYC subway system before with surprising results. Now, with help from Twist Bioscience’s DNA chips,...
Jan 31, 2020
The Metagenomics of Earth's Cities and One Space Station
Chris discusses the lab's works on integrative functional genomics to develop a ten-phase, 500 year plan for the survival of humanity....
Dec 11, 2019
Human spaceflight induces telomere elongation and diplotype-resolved repeats
Chris's studies into twin astronauts started about five years ago, with NASA's longest human twin flight mission. Chris remarked that he...
Jul 10, 2019
Preparing humans for space | Frontiers Forum 2019
Christopher E. Mason believes we must get off our planet to ensure our species’ long-term survival. In his talk at the Frontiers Forum...
Apr 3, 2019
Exploring Frontiers Seminar
Chris on the Revolutions in Genomics for Cancer, Global Health, and Astronauts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UodJNpxyhXA&ab_channel=Al...
Mar 14, 2019
Meaning of Life - Discovery, Awareness, Survival, and Space Colonization
Five minutes of Chris on on Empirical Optimism, Daily Enthusiasm, Running to Lab, The Best Day of your Life, Twin Astronomers, Impact of...
Oct 22, 2018
How Does Space Travel Change Our Genes? | New York Genome Center
Chris discusses exciting research projects with NASA to better understand the impact of space travel on the human genome including: The...
Apr 24, 2016
Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting | Joint Genome Institute 2016
Chris at the 11th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting on March 23, 2016 in Walnut Creek, California....
Feb 24, 2016
Discovering and designing genomes for Earth, Mars, and beyond | TEDMED
Chris shares how he’s mapping his expertise into the distant future of outer space in the interest of humanity’s interplanetary survival.
Nov 10, 2015
Second Brain for the Smart City | ICF 2015
Chris answers the big question on whether you should ride the subway as well as discussing the DNA sequencing revolution, city-scale...
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