Floyd E. Romesberg

Floyd E. Romesberg
Known forDNA
Human genome
Metagenomics
Synthetic genomics
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemist, Geneticist
InstitutionsScripps Research
WebsiteRomesberg Lab

Floyd E. Romesberg is an American biotechnologist, biochemist, and geneticist formerly at Scripps Research in San Diego, California.[1] He is known for leading the team that created the first Unnatural Base Pair (UBP), thus expanding the genetic alphabet of four letters to six in 2012,[2] the first semi-synthetic organism in 2014,[3][4] and the first functional semi-synthetic organism that can reproduce its genetic material in successive offspring, in 2017.[5]

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References

  1. ^ "Star scientist leaves Scripps Research under mysterious circumstances". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. ^ Malyshev, Denis A.; Dhami, Kirandeep; Quach, Henry T.; Lavergne, Thomas; Ordoukhanian, Phillip (24 July 2012). "Efficient and sequence-independent replication of DNA containing a third base pair establishes a functional six-letter genetic alphabet". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (30): 12005–12010. Bibcode:2012PNAS..10912005M. doi:10.1073/pnas.1205176109. PMC 3409741. PMID 22773812.
  3. ^ Malyshev; et al. (7 May 2014). "A Semi-Synthetic Organism with an Expanded Genetic Alphabet". Nature. 509 (7500): 385–8. Bibcode:2014Natur.509..385M. doi:10.1038/nature13314. PMC 4058825. PMID 24805238.
  4. ^ Andrew Pollack (May 7, 2014). "Scientists Add Letters to DNA's Alphabet, Raising Hope and Fear". New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  5. ^ Chris Jennewein (29 November 2017). "Scripps Research Creates First 'Semi-Synthetic' E. Coli Bacteria". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry". American Chemical Society.
  7. ^ "Scripps Research chemist receives prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Award". 8 May 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.


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