I was saddened to learn yesterday that Craig Venter, with whom I published 20 papers in the 90s and 00s, died this week. He was a difficult person, but he transformed genomics by claiming, repeatedly, that we could do things far faster and at greater scale - and he delivered on those claims.
Steven Salzberg
It is with great sadness that we announce J. Craig Venter has died. 🧪🧬
www.jcvi.org/media-center...
La Jolla, California—April 29, 2026—The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) announced that J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., the Institute’s founder, board...
