Reacción a "Craig Venter, the biologist and entrepreneur who decoded the human genome, has died "

He was one of the scientists responsible for the major changes that took place during the transition from the 20th to the 21st century, the era of genomics. Venter was a brilliant and controversial scientist, both in his scientific work and as an innovator. In the late 1990s, most approaches to DNA sequencing for any living organism were extremely labor-intensive and costly. As a visionary, he insisted that starting at the top was the fastest and cheapest way. Through his company, Celera Genomics, he spurred an explosion of DNA sequencing services across laboratories worldwide, marking a shift in how science is conducted and influencing the development of new disciplines such as bioinformatics, microbiology, evolutionary biology, synthetic biology, and human genome sequencing… These advancements forever transformed the landscape of biological databases.

Without a doubt, he is one of the scientists to whom modern science owes a great debt of gratitude, though perhaps his controversial ambition has prevented him from receiving the recognition he deserved. Many current genomic research groups are indebted to him; may he rest in peace.