Craig Venter

J. Craig Venter
J. Craig Venter
	; Venter in 2007
Born	John Craig Venter; October 14, 1946; Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Died	April 29, 2026 (aged 79); San Diego, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, San Diego
Occupation	Biologist
Children	1
Awards	Gairdner Award (2002); Nierenberg Prize (2007); Kistler Prize (2008); ENI award (2008); Medal of Science (2008); Dickson Prize (2011); Leeuwenhoek Medal (2015); Edogawa NICHE Prize (2020);
Website	www.jcvi.org

Craig Venter was an innovative entrepeneur who lead a group to map every chromosome in a human genome.^[1]

References

↑ "Craig Venter obituary: biologist who decoded the human genome". The Times of London. 2026-05-09. Archived from the original on 2026-05-09. Retrieved 2026-06-04. Alongside Clinton at the White House were the team leaders: Francis Collins of an international government-funded consortium called the Human Genome Project (HGP), and Craig Venter, the founder of a commercial company, Celera Genomics. They shook hands and smiled for the cameras but in truth the rivalry was far from friendly. The quest to be the first to decode three billion DNA “letters” was routinely described as a race — and sometimes as a war.