The helix graphic is reproduced from Dr. Lincoln Stein’s article “How Perl Saved the Human Genome Project” as published in the September 1996 issue of The Perl Journal.

DATE: Early February, 1996

LOCATION: Cambridge, England, in the conference room of the largest DNA sequencing center in Europe.

OCCASION: A high level meeting between the computer scientists of this center and the largest DNA sequencing center in the United States.

THE PROBLEM: Although the two centers use almost identical laboratory techniques, almost identical databases, and almost identical data analysis tools, they still can’t interchange data or meaningfully compare results.

THE SOLUTION: Perl.

Reprinted from The Perl Journal, http://www.tpj.com & Lincoln Stein’s website