George M Church

George M Church, Ph.D.

  • Position:
    Professor

    Genetics

    Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology

    Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA)

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    Gail Martin (as Post Doctoral Fellow)
     
    Walter Gilbert (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
     
    Sung-Hou Kim (as Technician)
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  • Research:
    Technology for and applications of reading and writing Genomes

    Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for Computational Genetics. 1984 Harvard PhD included the first direct genomic sequencing method, molecular multiplexing tags, which lead to automation & software used at Genome Therapeutics Corp. for the first commercial genome sequence -- pathogen, Helicobacter in 1994. This multiplex solid-phase sequencing evolved into polonies (1999), ABI-SOLiD (2005) & open-source Polonator.org (2007). Innovations in homologous recombination and array-based DNA reading & writing lead to current research and new ethics/safety strategies in Personal Genomics (PGP, 23andme, Knome) & synthetic biology (Codon Devices, SynBERC, LS9).

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  • Other Experience:

    1986-present Professor

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Development of Open-architecture Sequencing systems


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