George M. Church

PhD students from (* = main training programs for our group):
• Harvard: HILS (Biophysics* , BBS* , MCB)
• MIT: HST*, Chemistry, EE/CS, Physics, Math.
• Boston Univ.: Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering
• Cambridge-UK: Genetics

• Publications , CVs-resumes , Other lab members
• Technology transfer & Commercial Scientific Advisory Roles
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• Director of Research Centers: DOE-Biofuels, CEGS, PGP, Wyss Inst BioMaterials Evolution

Biographical Sketch (140 words):
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Computational Genetics. 1984 Harvard PhD included the first direct genomic sequencing, molecular multiplexing and barcode tags. These lead to automation and software used for the first commercial genome sequence (of the pathogen Helicobacter) in 1994. His multiplex solid-phase sequencing evolved into polonies (1999), ABI-SOLiD (2005), open-source   Polonator.org (2007), and Complete Genomics (2008). Innovations in DNA reading, writing and cell/tissue engineering lead to consumer-directed genomics (23andme, Knome) , synthetic biology (SynBERC, Joule, LS9) & new ethics, safety and security strategies. He founded PersonalGenomes.org, which provides the world's only open-access information source for human genomic, environmental and trait data (GET). He is director of the NIH CCV Center for Excellence in Genomic Science. He is a member of NAS and NAE, Hoogendijk Prize awardee and Franklin Laureate for Achievement in Science.