"I realized I already knew a 3D printer-- my mom." Riccardo Sabatini #TED2016

— David Wolpe (@RabbiWolpe) February 16, 2016

Mothers . . . The original 3D printers. #TED2016

— Nicole (@DancinCoder) February 16, 2016

The world's first original 3D printer is a mother. - Ricardo Sabatini #TED2016

— Sartaj Anand (@sartajanand) February 16, 2016

"For me, my own Mom was my first 3D Printer!" Riccardo Sabatini #TED2016

— Bill Gross (@Bill_Gross) February 16, 2016

"Forget big data, ... nature is much smarter" #TED2016

— Dr. Klaus Reichert (@klausreichert) February 16, 2016

Nature's #3DPrinter.... Mom :-). Ricardo Sabatini at #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/Av8puHgXgq

— Daniel Kraft, MD (@daniel_kraft) February 16, 2016

The code of life - the genome of Dr. Craig Venter by Riccardo Sabatini at #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/7018gaAnN0

— Yashraj Akashi (YSA) (@yashrajx) February 16, 2016

Reading from the code of life: the printed human genome of one individual on stage at #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/VS76KE6zVb

— Tim Leberecht (@timleberecht) February 16, 2016

3d printer my mom #TED2016 DNA met in 1950 3 billion code to create a human

— Elaine Willis (@castlemeadow) February 16, 2016

This is the entire human genome of a single man. 3 billion letters. 262,000 printed pages. @rikisabatini #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/YDqq2VlFwC

— TED Talks (@TEDTalks) February 16, 2016

"What info does it take to assemble a human? A pregnant lady is assembling the biggest amount of info that exists" Ricardo Sabatini #TED2016

— TEDxUofT (@TEDxUofT) February 16, 2016

Ricardo Sabatini printed out Craig Venter's genome! Reading out genes and function. #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/2Qu89L9G1v

— Prosanta Chakrabarty (@LSU_FISH) February 16, 2016

Wow, The Human Code at #TED2016 is really amazing

— Michael Byrne (@byrne_tweets) February 16, 2016

Swedish furniture assembly has nothing on assembling the human genome #TED2016 @TEDTalks

— Michelle Zimmerman (@mrzphd) February 16, 2016

500 pages make you unique. The rest, we all share. #TED2016 https://t.co/eb2qwgSWLL

— Olessia Kantor (@Olessia_Kantor) February 16, 2016

Riccardo Sabatini talking about the human Genome "our moms were the first ever 3D printer" he says! Haha #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/w506Sdgsne

— Yashraj Akashi (YSA) (@yashrajx) February 16, 2016

Wheeled onto #TED2016 stage, Craig Venter's entire genome, 3 billion letters, 262,000 pages. pic.twitter.com/y6RjzvxGJz

— Bill Gross (@Bill_Gross) February 16, 2016

"Titanic x 2000 of thumb drives is what every mother builds in pregnancy. " @rikisabatini #TED2016 #tedlive

— Elaine Oliver (@evoliver) February 16, 2016

The code of life @rikisabatini at #ted2016 with a printout of a human genome at #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/79UPNf6RzE

— nina gregory (@ninaberries) February 16, 2016

Good reading... Craig Venter @JCVenter's genome on stage at #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/K6JUBMuCdL

— Daniel Kraft, MD (@daniel_kraft) February 16, 2016

#RicardoSabatini makes concrete the ridiculousness of racism. His #TED2016 talk is phenomenal! Bravo!

— Professor K (@HeideggerFan) February 16, 2016

First session at TED with @astroteller, leader of moonshot factory called (Google) X #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/SzmvRCQtGJ

— Matthew Stepka (@mstepka) February 16, 2016

#TED2016 #TEDVancouver great talk on human code. Enormous amounts of data in humans. @VPL @arrahman @shondarhimes speaking soon.@VancityBuzz

— aditya singh samyal (@samyaladitya) February 16, 2016

The instructional manual for the human genome is like instructions for building Ikea furniture says @rikisabatini #TED2016

— Ashley Marshall (@mishmash67) February 16, 2016

@rikisabatini is giving the most interesting and FUNNY talk at #TED2016. Our genome prints to 262k pages, with only 500 being unique. Wowsa!

— Allison Hunt (@Alli7on) February 16, 2016

Using #machinelearning to predict features and aspects of what makes us human @TEDTalks #TED2016

— Michelle Zimmerman (@mrzphd) February 16, 2016

Using machine translation to understand phenotype from genome; what a project! 15 years! #TED2016

— Elaine Willis (@castlemeadow) February 16, 2016

"You have no idea what we had to do to have blood here now!" #TED2016 @rikisabatini (I have an idea, Canadian customs is tough!)

— Ashley Marshall (@mishmash67) February 16, 2016

@rikisabatini Brilliant #TED2016 talk!! Bravo!!

— Professor K (@HeideggerFan) February 16, 2016

We're so different yet so alike: The human genome prints to 262K pages, only 500 of which unique, says data scientist @rikisabatini #TED2016

— Maria Popova (@brainpicker) February 16, 2016

#machinelearning helps understand personalized medicine. #TED2016 @TEDTalks

— Michelle Zimmerman (@mrzphd) February 16, 2016

Riccardo Sabatini turns to 1 page of 262,000 & shows code's letters that say Craig Venter has blue eyes. #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/5YyDUW5kpa

— Bill Gross (@Bill_Gross) February 16, 2016

WOW @RiccardoSabatin sharing human genome predictions. C actual vs prediction. Future of personalized meds #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/T03iRoCEYm

— David Niu (@davidniu) February 16, 2016

@rikisabatini just gave convincing demo of predicting biological destiny from genome. Does TED community understand implications??! #TED2016

— Pik Mukherji (@ercowboy) February 16, 2016

Global conversations are essential without fear across domains #TED2016 @TEDTalks

— Michelle Zimmerman (@mrzphd) February 16, 2016

Riccardo Sabatini showing the comparison of predictions versus actual with DNA samples at #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/Pvs6Bde8d9

— Bill Gross (@Bill_Gross) February 16, 2016

@rikisabatini 's genome work convinced me that personalized medicine will be a reality sooner than we think! #TED2016

— melek pulatkonak (@orientalist) February 16, 2016

Our future will only be determined through the multidisciplinary work of humanity. #wow #TEDEdChat #TED2016 #collaboration

— Karen Goepen-Wee (@kgoepenwee) February 16, 2016

From a blood sample, we can now predict with startling precision your age, height, weight and (EEK!) face. -Ricardo Sabbatini #TED2016

— June Cohen (@junecohen) February 16, 2016

How life works; this must be a global conversation- genome knowledge-implications are huge. #TED2016

— Elaine Willis (@castlemeadow) February 16, 2016

Riccardo Sabatini on main stage at #TED2016 - funny and deep. Bioethics is the future #codeoflife #DNA #

— Carina Rosanna Tautu (@carinatautu) February 16, 2016

WOW fascinating look at the future ability to predict a person from a human genomic sequence @rikisabatini #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/wYZDYvAawn

— Dumitru Onceanu (@DumitruOnceanu) February 16, 2016

That was a beautiful talk on the future of parenting, human life, aging and disease #TED2016 #TEDVancouver #Vancouver

— aditya singh samyal (@samyaladitya) February 16, 2016

@rikisabatini Thank you for identifying the ethical concerns informing the developments of genomic manipulation. #TED2016

— Professor K (@HeideggerFan) February 16, 2016

We must speak our doubts when we talk about the code of life #personalizedmedicine #whoweare #TED2016 #TEDTalks

— Karen Goepen-Wee (@kgoepenwee) February 16, 2016

@rikisabatini -Great #TED2016 talk on human genome predictive modeling! Huge future w/ #machinelearning of code for #personalizedmedicine

— Jeanette Sterner (@SternerJeanette) February 16, 2016

"We will look back in 20 years and laugh that we made medical decisions based on mere statistics." ~@rikisabatini #TED2016 #meded

— Mike Moore, DO (@MikeMooreDO) February 16, 2016

There are no free rides when we talk about the code of life #riccardosabbatini #TED2016 #TEDTalks #TEDEdChat

— Karen Goepen-Wee (@kgoepenwee) February 16, 2016

"Will parents be able to choose what their child will look like and their DNA?" Ricardo Sabatini #TED2016

— TEDxUofT (@TEDxUofT) February 16, 2016

@rikisabatini welcomes Craig Venter on stage, all 175 books of his genomic code! Reads his eye colour #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/BBqPq6N8YA

— Dumitru Onceanu (@DumitruOnceanu) February 16, 2016

"With just a blood sample, we can now very accurately predict your age, height, weight, and even face!" #TED2016 pic.twitter.com/3rlUv65rUk

— Bill Gross (@Bill_Gross) February 16, 2016

Ricardo Sabatini speaks about predicting the Human face through DNA. Sabatini on the Human Code #TED2016

— TEDxUofT (@TEDxUofT) February 16, 2016

.@rikisabatini basically said: Biology is destiny and I have a computer that's a crystal ball. #TED2016

— Pik Mukherji (@ercowboy) February 16, 2016

@rikisabatini #TED2016 Thank you "we need to have a global conversation about the use of this [dna sequencing] technology; it's our future"

— Morgan Matthews (@morganjmatthews) February 16, 2016

Driving: 1.2 million deaths. How many deaths due to just having sex instead of screening embryos to make babies? #TED2016

— Martin Varsavsky (@martinvars) February 16, 2016

Close to predicting what an embryo will look like and be when grown up @rikisabatini #TED2016 personalised medicine brings challenges

— Janne Ryan (@JanneRyan) February 16, 2016

#TED2016 taking it to Baliwood @TEDxKidsElCajon

— Liz Loether (@LizLoether) February 16, 2016