The Compleat Geneticist
Edwin Kirk - geneticist and writer
The Genes That Make Us/ The Boy Who Wasn't Short
Genetics is the most exciting and fast-moving of the modern sciences. The science is fascinating, but the story of genetics is, above all, a human story. In The Boy Who Wasn't Short (UK/US title) / The Genes That Make Us (Australian title) I tell the story of modern genetics - from its humble beginnings to the remarkable power of modern genetic sequencing - through the stories of the people who have shaped genetics, and people who are shaped by it. Scientists, doctors, entrepeneurs - but above all, people with genetic conditions and their families.
Published by Scribe
My agent is Tara Wynne from Curtis Brown
Clinical geneticist
Genetic pathologist
Scientist
I've been a clinical geneticist at Sydney Children's Hospital since 1999, and a genetic pathologist at NSW Health Pathology since 2016. My clinical practice is general, with an interest in cardiac genetics. For many years I was involved in the care of children with rare metabolic conditions. In the lab I focus on rare childhood diseases, especially chromosomal microarray and applications of genomics. My areas of research have included cardiac genetics, intellectual disability and epileptic encephalopathy.
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My current main focus is reproductive genetic carrier screening. I am co-lead of the Australian Government funded project
