Genomic Researcher Wins ‘The Economist’ Magazine’s Innovation Award

New York, NY (AHN) – Genomic researcher J. Craig Venter has been awarded The Economist magazine’s Innovation Award for Bioscience for work with the “potential to revolutionize personal medicine, pharmaceuticals, and biofuels.”

According to the award, Venter “has been at the forefront of this research for almost two decades and currently leads organizations dedicated to human, microbial, plant, synthetic, and environmental genomic research.”

“We are now in a world 100% dependent on scientific innovation,” Venter said. “Innovation is the key driver for success, especially in challenging economic times.”

“In my area of genomic science innovation comes from pondering the greatest societal issues and seeking new ways to apply this science to help solve world issues. As an example, my team and I are leveraging synthetic genomic advances to address human health through human genomics and the environmental and energy crisis through development of new, next generation biofuels,” Venter added.

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