Crystal Pyramid Productions corporate video crew went on location to Synthetic Genomics to shoot B-Roll of the laboratory facility and an interview with Craig Venter, the first man to map the human genome. The video will be shown in Italy where the Italian President will present Venter with a prestigious award.

In center photograph, camera operator, Mark Schulze sets up lighting in the "Blue Room." In bottom photograph, Craig Venter poses in front of several racks of cloned plants. Venter circumnavigated the Earth in his sloop, "Sorcerer II" to collect diverse cell samples at 200-mile increments. Photographs by sound technician and photographer, Patty Mooney.