Complex sentence: Despite working for UGP (a human genome project with the objective of empowering its participants to manage their own destinies), he avoids publishing his genome in the UGP and instead tries to track down the "prescient gene" himself.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite working for UGP (a human genome project with the objective of empowering its participants to manage their own destinies), he avoids publishing his genome in the UGP. Instead he attempts to track down the "prescient gene" himself.