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J. Craig Venter
Chairman of the Board for The Institute for Genomic Research

Sequencing the Human Genome: Prokaryotes
Wednesday, March 6, 2002 - 4:10 p.m.
International House Auditorium, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, University of California, Berkeley

Sequencing the Human Genome: Eukaryotes
Thursday, March 7, 2002 - 4:10 p.m.
International House Auditorium, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, University of California, Berkeley

One of the most influential genetic scientists of our time, J. Craig Venter has led the private sector effort to complete the Human Genome Project. While his research group will officially publish the data early 2002, it was estimated in February 2001 that the number of human genes is 30,000, a figure not significantly larger from that of other, less complex organisms. Yet, the discovery will help decipher the genetic basis of several diseases and may bring major changes to medicine in future.

Venter received Ph.D. in physiology and pharmacology in 1975 from the University of California, San Diego. He has published more than 160 research articles and is among the most cited in biology and medicine today. Venter has received numerous awards, including the Beckman Award and the Chiron Corporation Biotechnology Award, both in 1999. He has been elected a Fellow of several societies, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Microbiology. Venter is presently a member of the Board of Directors of High Technology Council of Maryland and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of ValiGene.

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