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Controlling your personal genome | Patrick Merel | TEDxSanDiegoSalon

1,014 views · Published 14 July 2014 · 11:03 · Indexed 4 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In the booming field of genomics, there is a need for user-friendly tools to better understand and use genome information in multiple fields from diagnostic and education applications to personalized and preventive medicine solutions.  A consumer-based approach allows for the visualization and use of genome information in professional and mass-market applications.

Patrick has a PhD in molecular biology. He is the founder of Portable Genomics. He has spent most of his career in developing solutions for molecular diagnostic. He has an extensive background in business development and has been working with the major IVD players, in Asia, Europe and the US. Patrick was director at the Biomedical Innovation Platform of University Hospital of Bordeaux, France before moving to San Diego, Nov. 2012.

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