Logos Research Associates
Upholding a High View of Science and a High View of Scripture
Dr. John Sanford
Retired Cornell Geneticist, Education: Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics, President of Logos Research Associates, President of FMS Foundation.

Biography:
As a Cornell University professor, John conducted genetic research for over 30 years. This research has resulted in more than 100 scientific publications and several dozen patents. In addition to producing numerous new crop varieties, John's research resulted in new genetic engineering technologies. A large fraction of the transgenic crops grown in the world today involved use of the biolistic “gene gun” process, of which John was the primary inventor.
John feels his most significant contributions to science have been: 1) the Biolistic Process; 2) the book Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome; 3) Development of Mendel's Accountant (the most advanced and biologically realistic numerical simulation of the mutation/selection process); and the Cornell symposium and subsequently published proceedings entitled Biological Information--New Perspectives. This milestone book is John's most significant contribution to science and is available at BINP.org. A free synopsis/commentary of this publication can be downloaded using the same link.
Links to Selected Papers:
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Nylonase Genes and Proteins – Distribution, Conservation, and Possible Origins.
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Testing the Hypothesis that the Nylonase NylB Protein Arose de novo via a Frameshift Mutation
-Biological Information and Genetic Theory: Introductory Comments
-Multiple Overlapping Genetic Codes Profoundly Reduce the Probability of Beneficial Mutation
-Can Purifying Natural Selection Preserve Biological Information
-Selection Threshold Severely Constrains Capture of Beneficial Mutations
-Using Numerical Simulation to Test the “Mutation-Count” Hypothesis
-Can Synergistic Epistasis Halt Mutation Accumulation? Results from Numerical Simulation
-Computational Evolution Experiments Reveal a Net Loss of Genetic Information Despite
-Information Loss: Potential for Accelerating Natural Genetic Attenuation of RNA Viruses
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Using Numerical Simulation to Test the Validity of Neo-Darwinian Theory
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Mendel’s Accountant: A Biologically Realistic Forward-Time Population Genetics Program
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Using computer Simulation to Understand Mutation Accumulation Dynamics and Genetic Load
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The Effects of Low Impact Mutations in Digital Organisms
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Skittle Genome Paper
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The Next Step in Understanding Population Dynamics- Comprehensive Numerical Simulation
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Ministry Update from Dr. Sanford

For the past two years, Dr. Sanford and his co-author, Bridgette Heap, have been working on exposing the greatest humanitarian crisis in human history -- The Sexual Holocaust. He recently co-authored a book called, The Sexual Holocaust: A Global Crisis.
The book is can be purchased or downloaded at www.sexualholocaust.org.
A free PDF version of the book is available, HERE.
A message from Dr. Sanford: