Happy Birthday Lee Hood! Liveblogging the ISB symposium

Right now, I'm sitting in the audience at a symposium on Science, Engineering, and Business at the Leading edge. The symposium is sponsored by the Institute for Systems Biology and it's Lee Hood's 70th birthday. Every speaker is beginning with a wish for a happy birthday.

I'll have updates, as I can, throughout the day.

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