Who is John Craig Venter?
Q: Who is John Craig Venter?
A: John Craig Venter is an American biotechnologist and entrepreneur.
Q: What significant achievement was made by Venter?
A: Venter was one of the first to sequence the human genome, and led the team which made the first cell with a synthetic genome in 2010.
Q: What organizations did Venter found?
A: Venter founded Celera Genomics, The Institute for Genomic Research, and the J. Craig Venter Institute.
Q: What is Venter's current focus of work?
A: Venter now works at his Institute to create synthetic biological organisms, and to record genetic diversity in the world's oceans.
Q: Has Venter been recognized for his influence?
A: Yes, Venter was listed on Time magazine's 2007 and 2008 Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world, and the British magazine New Statesman listed him at 14th in the list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010".
Q: What personal trait has Venter recognized in himself?
A: Venter recognized his own ADHD behavior in his adolescence, and later found ADHD-linked genes in his own DNA.
Q: What is Venter's religious belief?
A: In media interviews, Venter has several times said he is an atheist.
