Craig Venter

John Craig Venter (born October 14, 1946, Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American biologist and entrepreneur. Venter founded The Institute for Genomic Research and the J. Craig Venter Institute, now working at the latter to create synthetic biological organisms for environmental change and to document genetic diversity in the world's oceans. He was listed on Time Magazine's 2007 and 2008 Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In ... more

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  • Oct 14, 1946 (age 63 years)

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J. Craig Venter Institute

The J. Craig Venter Institute is a non-profit genomics research institute founded by J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. in October 2006. (Venter first announced the...

Synthetic Genomics

Synthetic Genomics is a company dedicated to using modified or synthetically produced microorganisms to produce the alternative fuels ethanol and hydrogen....

Celera Genomics

Celera Corporation (NASDAQ: CRA) was formerly a business unit of the Applera Corporation, but was spun off in July 2008 to become an independent publicly...

The Institute for Genomic Research

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) was a non-profit genomics research institute founded in 1992 by Craig Venter in Rockville, Maryland, United States....
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