If the "genomics revolution," emblematized by the Human Genome Project (HGP), has revolutionized biomedical sciences, it is not only in the sense that it has fundamentally shifted the ways biological life is defined and valorized, but also in the sense that it has transformed how biomedical knowledges are produced, circulated, and controlled in and beyond laboratories. The figure of high-throughput genome centers contrasted with ordinary "cottage industry" molecular laboratories, for instance, exemplifies a significant change in the material infrastructure and modes of knowledge production and collaboration in biomedical sciences. The genome center is not simply about taking advantage of economies of scale, as it entails a different mode of producing, sharing, and controlling knowledge.
