The pace of digitizing life has been increasing exponentially. Craig Venter digitizeexponentiallyincrease Change image and share on social
The day is not far off when we will be able to send a robotically controlled genome-sequencing unit in a probe to other planets to read the DNA sequence of any alien microbe life that may be there. Craig Venter aliencontrolday Change image and share on social
Right now, oil is being isolated around the globe, and there is a major effort in shipping, trucking and otherwise transporting that oil around to a very finite number of refineries. Biology allows us to make these same fuels in a much more distributed fashion. Craig Venter biologydistributeeffort share on social
I've had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was. Craig Venter agebackgroundbear share on social
I think I'm a survivor. I could have suffered at least 100 professional deaths. I could come up with a list of the 100 times I've come closest to death, from having pneumonia as a child to car crashes. Craig Venter carchildclose share on social
In a biological system, the software builds its own hardware, but design is critical, and if you start with digital information, it has to be really accurate. Craig Venter accuratebiologicalbuild Change image and share on social
One of the things about genetics that has become clearer as we've done genomes - as we've worked our way through the evolutionary tree, including humans - is that we're probably much more genetic animals than we want to confess we are. Craig Venter animalclearconfess share on social
The chemistry from compounds in the environment is orders of magnitude more complex than our best chemists can produce. Craig Venter chemistchemistrycomplex Change image and share on social
I was a surf bum wannabe. I left home at age 17 and moved to Southern California to try to take up surfing as a vocation, but this was in 1964, and there was this nasty little thing called the Vietnam War. As a result, I got drafted. Craig Venter agebumcalifornia share on social
Most people don't realize it, because they're invisible, but microbes make up about a half of the Earth's biomass, whereas all animals only make up about one one-thousandth of all the biomass. Craig Venter animalbiomassearth Change image and share on social
