A SHORT COURSE ON SYNTHETIC GENOMICS [7.30.09] The Edge Master Class 2009 George Church & J. Craig Venter On July 24, 2009, a small group of scientists, entrepreneurs, cultural impresarios and journalists that included architects of the some of the leading transformative companies of our time (Microsoft, Google, Facebook, PayPal), arrived at the Andaz Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, t