Craig Venter(1946)
John Craig Venter is an American scientist. He is known for leading 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.
United States
4
Major Awards
275
Publications
116,637
Citations
118
h-index
192
i10-index
424.1
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
FC
Francis Collins
National Medal of Science (2008)
AE
Ada E. Yonath
Harvey Prize (2008)
JW
James Watson
Gairdner International Award (2002)
EL
Eric Lander
Gairdner International Award (2002)
JE
John E. Sulston
Gairdner International Award (2002)
MO
Maynard Olson
Gairdner International Award (2002)
PP
Philip Palmer Green
Gairdner International Award (2002)
MW
Michael Waterman
Gairdner International Award (2002)
BW
Bob Waterston
Gairdner International Award (2002)
JW
Jean Weissenbach
Gairdner International Award (2002)
Education
University of California, San Diego
Mills High School
College of San Mateo
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Top Publications
Paternally inherited cis-regulatory structural variants are associated with autism
Science2018194 citations
Physiological basis for xenotransplantation from genetically modified pigs to humans
Physiological Reviews202443 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020)
Jennifer A. Doudna
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020)
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
Demis Hassabis
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024)
Geoffrey E. Hinton
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
Drew Weissman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023)
Yoshua Bengio
Princess of Asturias Award (2022)
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Yann LeCun
Princess of Asturias Award (2022)
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