Scott Edmunds TEDxEduHK slides on the Bauhinia Genome project: Emblematic education to know thy DNA? Presented on 8th March 2017 at EduHK https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/21414

1. Know Thy DNA
Bar Harel, CC BY-SA

3. Science Fiction?

5. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/12/content_11141879.htm
Guangdong, 2010

6. Guinea, 2015/Brazil, 2016

7. China, 2016

8. http://www.genedecode.ca/product/genedecodetm-talent/
Hong Kong, 2017

9. 21st Century careers advice

10. Hong Kong’s priorities?

15. The tastiest
emblem?

16. HK Botanical &
Afforestation Dept.
"The mysterious origin
of the tree & its
magnificent flowers at
once arrest the interest.
The Bauhinia Mystery?
1903
So far, all efforts to identify them with
any foreign species have failed"

17. Courtesy of: Archives des Missions Etrangère de Paris

18. Hybrids changed the world

19. How can we
make HK care?

20. Puerto Rico: The “Peoples Parrot”

23. http://igg.me/at/bauhinia

24. Is Hong Kong
Interested?

25. http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1875917/unique-project-sequence-genome-hong-kong-bauhinia-tree

26. https://youtu.be/TyJBALA0da0
As seen on…

30. Teaching students genomics

31. TEDxCeption: Inspiration2
https://youtu.be/Hr43ZXP9NGw

32. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/01/14/beavers-genome-mapped-out-to-help-celebrate-canadas-150th-birthday.html

33. http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2017906/biohackers-diy-biologists-out-barcode-all-hong-kongs-plants-insects-and