Epigenetics question #3
What did you find surprising in the video? Explain.
the thing that surprised me the most was if a DNA sequence is deleted on chromosome 15, you can two different diseases (Prader-Willi Syndrome or Angelman Syndrome). I think it is cool that you will get a certain disease based on if the trait came from you mom or dad.
About Me
- Samuel Chao Chung Ting
- (born January 27, 1936) is an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in 1976 for the discovery of the subatomic J/ψ particle with Burton Richter. His formal education began at 12 at the prestigious Provincial Chien-Kuo High School (建國中學, now Municipal Taipei Chien-Kuo Senior High School) in Taipei and studied one year in National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City after high school. When he returned to the USA in his 20s, Samuel Ting studied engineering, mathematics and physics at the University of Michigan. In 1959, he was awarded BSEs in both mathematics and physics, and in 1962 he earned a Doctoral degree in physics. In 1963, he worked in the European Organization for Nuclear Research (now CERN). From 1965 he taught at Columbia University, and worked in Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) of Germany. Since 1969, he has been a professor of MIT. He married Kay Kuhne in 1960, and has two daughters (Jeanne and Amy) from this marriage. Since 1985, he has been married to Dr. Susan Carol Marks, and has one son (Christopher).
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