J. Craig Venter

Research.com Recognitions

• 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
• 2008 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his dedication to the advancement of the science of genomics, his contributions to our understanding of its implications for society, and his commitment to the clear communication of information to the scientific community, the public, and policymakers.", Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on October 7, 2009.
• 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 2002 - Canada Gairdner International Award
• 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1999 - Promega Biotechnology Research Award, American Society for Microbiology
• 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Genetics and Molecular Biology
• 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Best Publications

• The Sequence of the Human Genome

  J. Craig Venter;Mark D. Adams;Eugene W. Myers;Peter W. Li

  22666
  Citations

• Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases

  Daniel G Gibson;Lei Young;Ray-Yuan Chuang;J Craig Venter

  10542
  Citations

• The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster

  M. D. Adams;S. E. Celniker;R. A. Holt;C. A. Evans

  8171
  Citations

• Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

  Malcolm J. Gardner;Neil Hall;Eula Fung;Owen White

  5591
  Citations

• Environmental Genome Shotgun Sequencing of the Sargasso Sea

  J. Craig Venter;Karin Remington;John F. Heidelberg;Aaron L. Halpern

  5386
  Citations

• The complete genome sequence of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

  Jean-F. Tomb;Owen White;Anthony R. Kerlavage;Rebecca A. Clayton

  4416
  Citations

• Complementary DNA sequencing : expressed sequence tags and human genome project

  Mark D. Adams;Jenny M. Kelley;Jeannine D. Gocayne;Mark Dubnick

  3836
  Citations

• Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome

  Daniel G. Gibson;John I. Glass;Carole Lartigue;Vladimir N. Noskov

  3342
  Citations

• The minimal gene complement of Mycoplasma genitalium

  Claire M. Fraser;Jeannine D. Gocayne;Owen White;Mark D. Adams

  3341
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• Genomic sequence of a Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi

  Claire M. Fraser;Sherwood Casjens;Wai Mun Huang;Granger G. Sutton

  2665
  Citations

• The Genome Sequence of the Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae

  Robert A. Holt;G. Mani Subramanian;Aaron Halpern;Granger G. Sutton

  2637
  Citations

• Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

  Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  2564
  Citations

• Mutation of a mutL homolog in hereditary colon cancer

  Nickolas Papadopoulos;Nicholas C. Nicolaides;Ying Fei Wei;Steven M. Ruben

  2421
  Citations

• The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific

  Douglas B. Rusch;Aaron L Halpern;Granger Sutton;Karla B. Heidelberg;Karla B. Heidelberg

  2383
  Citations

• Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

  Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  2336
  Citations

• DNA sequence of both chromosomes of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae

  John F. Heidelberg;Jonathan A. Eisen;William C. Nelson;Rebecca A. Clayton

  2246
  Citations

• The Diploid Genome Sequence of an Individual Human

  Samuel Levy;Granger Sutton;Pauline C Ng;Lars Feuk

  2236
  Citations

• Comparative Genomics of the Eukaryotes

  Gerald M. Rubin;Mark D. Yandell;Jennifer R. Wortman;George L. Gabor

  2161
  Citations

• A Whole-Genome Assembly of Drosophila

  Eugene W. Myers;Granger G. Sutton;Art L. Delcher;Ian M. Dew

  2118
  Citations

• Mutations of two PMS homologues in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer.

  Nicholas C. Nicolaides;Nickolas Papadopoulos;Bo Liu;Ying Fei Weit

  2074
  Citations