Christopher Mason
Biological systems futurist
R&D and future genome Models
Professor of Genomics, Physiology, and Biophysics at Weill
Cornell Medicine
Previously
cofounded 4 biotechnology startups and have got 4 patents. Former chair of
the steering committee for the NASA GeneLab Data and Sample Archive
Led the
first sequencing in zero gravity and designed the genomics and bioinformatics
methods and experimental protocols that were used on the International Space
Station (ISSI
Present
research focuses on Computational and Systems Genomics
and Computational Biomedicine
Founder of The Mason Lab that plans for
humanities next 500 years via a ten-phase, 500-year plan for reengineering
biological systems for life on other worlds. New technological and
computational methods can help us model life, design life, and also create
systems for the detection and protection of life in the universe