What is Craig Venter?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Craig Venter | image = Craigventer2.jpg | image_size = | caption = Venter in 2007 | birth_name = John Craig Venter | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|10|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], U.S. | alma_mater = [[University of California, San Diego]] | work_institution = [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|State University of New York at Buffalo]]<br />[[National Institutes of Health]]<br />[[J. Craig Venter Institute]] | known_for = [[DNA]]<br />[[Human genome]]<br />[[Metagenomics]]<br />[[Synthetic genomics]]<br />[[Shotgun sequencing|Shotgun approach to genome sequencing]] | awards = [[Gairdner Foundation International Award|Gairdner Award]] <small>(2002)</small><br>[[Nierenberg Prize]] <small>(2007)</small><br>[[Kistler Prize]] <small>(2008)</small><br />[[ENI award]] <small>(2008)</small><br />[[National Medal of Science|Medal of Science]] <small>(2008)</small><br>[[Dickson Prize]] <small>(2011)</small><br>[[Leeuwenhoek Medal]] <small>(2015)</small> | website = [http://www.jcvi.org/ J. Craig Venter Institute] }} '''John Craig Venter''' (born October 14, 1946) is an American [[biotechnology|biotechnologist]] and [[entrepreneur]]. He was one of the first to sequence the human [[genome]],<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051031/31genome.htm |title = The blueprint Of life |first = Jamie|last= Shreeve |journal = U.S. News & World Report |access-date = December 6, 2007|date=October 31, 2005|volume = 139 |issue = 16 |page = 70 |pmid = 16296659 }}</ref> and led the team which made the first [[cell]] with a [[synthetic]] genome (2010).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0521/J.-Craig-Venter-Institute-creates-first-synthetic-life-form |title =J. Craig Venter Institute creates first synthetic life form |first = Stuart |last=Fox |website =[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |access-date =May 21, 2010 |date=May 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.