Dr. Romesberg and a team of scientists created an E.coli bacterium with four natural and two unnatural DNA bases that was widely considered impossible. His presentation will focus on how an expanded DNA alphabet in a reproducing life form is a major scientific breakthrough.
Dr. Romesberg is Professor of Chemistry at La Jolla’s Scripps Research Institute. He is principal scientific founder and advisor for Synthorx, Inc., a biotechnology company which uses synthetic biology to discover and develop novel therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines. He is recipient of the American Chemistry Society’s Nobel Laureate Signature Award, the National Science Foundation Career Award and the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Award. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).
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Dr. Romesberg is Professor of Chemistry at La Jolla’s Scripps Research Institute. He is principal scientific founder and advisor for Synthorx, Inc., a biotechnology company which uses synthetic biology to discover and develop novel therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines. He is recipient of the American Chemistry Society’s Nobel Laureate Signature Award, the National Science Foundation Career Award and the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Award. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).
Dr. Romesberg and a team of scientists created an E.coli bacterium with four natural and two unnatural DNA bases that was widely considered impossible. His presentation will focus on how an expanded DNA alphabet in a reproducing life form is a major scientific breakthrough.
Dr. Romesberg is Professor of Chemistry at La Jolla’s Scripps Research Institute. He is principal scientific founder and advisor for Synthorx, Inc., a biotechnology company which uses synthetic biology to discover and develop novel therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines. He is recipient of the American Chemistry Society’s Nobel Laureate Signature Award, the National Science Foundation Career Award and the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Award. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).
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Dr. Romesberg is Professor of Chemistry at La Jolla’s Scripps Research Institute. He is principal scientific founder and advisor for Synthorx, Inc., a biotechnology company which uses synthetic biology to discover and develop novel therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines. He is recipient of the American Chemistry Society’s Nobel Laureate Signature Award, the National Science Foundation Career Award and the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Award. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).
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