Postgenomics? A conference at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.

Reports on issues discussed at the July, 1998 conference on genomic projects at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin titled `Postgenomics? Historical, Techno-Epistemic and Cultural Aspects of Genome Projects'. The state of genomic research; How the conference came about; Unique foci of the conference; Historical background of genetics; Special consideration of microbial genomics; Assessments of various genome projects; Epistemological critiques and proposed reconstructions.