Craig Venter
American geneticist (1946–2026)
John Craig Venter (October 14, 1946 – April 29, 2026) was an American geneticist and businessman. He is known for having led one of the first draft sequences of the human genome and led the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Craig Venter (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Oct 14, 1946, died Apr 29, 2026.1
About
Venter founded Celera Genomics, the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). He was the co-founder of Human Longevity Inc., and Synthetic Genomics.
Venter was listed on Time magazine's 2007 and 2008 Time 100 lists of the most influential people in the world. In 2010, the British magazine New Statesman listed him as 14th in the list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010". In 2012, Venter was honored with the Dan David Prize for his contribution to genome research. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2013. He was a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's advisory board.
From Wikipedia’s article on Craig Venter, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Synthetic GenomicsFounder3
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataCraig Venter on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCraig Venter on Wikipedia
- 3WikidataSynthetic Genomics, Founder