Visible Embryo Project: a platform for spatial genomics

Abstract

Congenital malformations and diseases have challenged the humanistic and intellectual resources of mankind for ages. Generations ofscientists have labored to understand their causes and effect their treatments. Efforts such as the Human Genome Project will produce the raw information base from which many cures and treatments may emerge. In order to begin to put meaning to the mountain ofdata being produced by the Gome Project, one must analyze this information within the context ofthe developing organism. The discipline ofstudy ofthe nature oforganism development has been referred to as embryology for over a century.