Craig Venter dies at 79

The Scripps community was fortunate to have J. Craig Venter’s guidance & expertise for more than 25 years. He served as a founding member of the Scripps Advisory Council in 2001 & later joined the Scripps Director’s Council when it was established in 2014. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html

Craig Venter always kept me on my toes. From the earliest days of @23andMe till conversations last month, he was full of excitement about the potential of understanding the human genome and the ways it would benefit society. What a legacy. 🧬🧬 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html

RIP Craig Venter, at the heart of the game-changing race to map the human genome Gift article from The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e1A.aFoc.Ql1K-HCkdJ_E&smid=bs-share

Pioneer in genomic sequencing that laid the foundation for an enormous amount of downstream applications passed away www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/science/j-craig-venter-dead.html one if these is realtime pathogen sequencing that has revolutionised public health and research @WHO @ECDC_EU @AfricaCDC @CDCgov