Acknowledgements

Many people have helped me in writing this book. I would like to thank Sruthi Balaji, Carol Ballard, Bob Beebe, Jose Bellido, Mario Biagioli, Tad Brown, Susannah Chapman, Gerardo Con Diaz, Mark Cooper, Nathan Ensmenger, Lisa Gitelman, Robert Henry, Evan Hepler-Smith, Hamish MacDonald, and Andrew Ventimiglia for their help in various ways. I would like to offer special thanks to Allison Fish for her ongoing help, support, and inspiration. The book was supported with funding from the ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship Harnessing Intellectual Property to Build Food Security, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success, and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology.