Category: inside 23andMe


March 19, 2008

What It’s Like to be a Scientist at 23andMe

Part of my role as the ‘People Manager’ here at 23andMe is leading recruiting efforts. I take a lot of calls from people who are interested in science careers. While many of those calls are about specific positions, an equal number are from people who just want to know what it's like to work here. Most [...]

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February 6, 2008

Spitting Images

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Rate cuts, market meltdowns and global warming may have ruled the day at this year's World Economic Forum – but spitting ruled the night. Every evening in Davos scholars, celebs and politicos swarmed around our booth in a hallway of the main conference hotel, where 23andMe offered WEF attendees a free [...]

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January 21, 2008

Welcome to the spittoon!

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In the two months that 23andMe has been in business, we've had our fair share of media coverage. We've been in newspapers and magazines, on TV and the radio. But more than anything else, we've been blogged about. Over the last few weeks the comments, compliments and criticisms of bloggers have often [...]

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December 4, 2007

Party Till You Spit

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A Spit Party is kind of like a Tupperware Party, only the plastic containers are smaller and they're not for leftovers. 23andMe held the first one a few days after our launch in November, and we're gearing up for many more in 2008. What happens at a Spit Party? So glad you asked. There's mingling, of [...]

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