John Craig Venter was an American scientist, businessman and genomics researcher, known for leading one of the first draft sequences of the human genome and for leading the first team to transfect a cell with a synthetic chromosome. He founded Celera Genomics, the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the J. Craig Venter Institute.
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John Craig Venter (October 14, 1946, April 29, 2026) was an American scientist, businessman, and genomics researcher. 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. Venter founded Celera Genomics, the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI).
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October 14, 1946
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April 29, 2026
Works In: Genomics, Infobox, fields
Infobox fields: DNA; Human genome; Metagenomics; Synthetic genomics; Shotgun approach to genome sequencing
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John Craig Venter (October 14, 1946, April 29, 2026) was an American geneticist and businessman.
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