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
The leading edge of the best science in the world is being driven by private money, and investment money because of the scarcity of government money to do this. It's not only by far the best and most advanced science, we're driving the equation at Human Longevity that everyone else is beginning to follow as well. Craig Venter advancebegindrive share on social
We can do genetics. We can do experiments on fruit flies. We can do experiments on yeast. It's not so easy to do experiments on humans. So, in fact, it helps us, to interpret our own genetic code, to have the genetic code of the other species. Craig Venter codeeasyexperiment share on social
If I could change the science system, my prescription for changing the whole thing would be organising it around big goals and building teams to do it. Craig Venter bigbuildchange Change image and share on social
People equate patents with secrecy, that secrecy is what patents were designed to overcome. That's why the formula for Coca-Cola was never patented. They kept it as a trade secret, and they've outlasted patent laws by 80 years or more. Craig Venter cocacoladesign 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
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
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