George Church

George M. Church

Biographical Sketch (93 words):
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Computational Genetics. 1984 Harvard PhD included the first direct genomic sequencing method, molecular multiplexing tags, which lead to automation & software used at Genome Therapeutics Corp. for the first commercial genome sequence -- pathogen, Helicobacter in 1994. This multiplex solid-phase sequencing evolved into polonies (1999), ABI-SOLiD (2005) & open-source Polonator.org (2007). Innovations in homologous recombination and array-based DNA reading & writing lead to current research in Human Genomics (Complete Genomics, PGP, 23andme, Knome) & synthetic biology (SynBERC, Joule Biotech, LS9) and and new ethics/safety strategies.


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Latest Update: 30-Aug-2008 by George (email)   For address etc. see main lab web page.