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] He left Scripps after a Title IX investigation.
Floyd E. Romesberg | |
|---|---|
| Known for | DNA Human genome Metagenomics Synthetic genomics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemist, Geneticist |
| Institutions | Scripps Research |
| Website | Romesberg Lab |
Awards and nominations edit
- 2015: Nobel Laureate Signature Award[6]
- 2018: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Bioorganic Chemistry Award[7]
References edit
- ^ "Star scientist leaves Scripps Research under mysterious circumstances". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Andrew Pollack (May 7, 2014). "Scientists Add Letters to DNA's Alphabet, Raising Hope and Fear". New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ Chris Jennewein (29 November 2017). "Scripps Research Creates First 'Semi-Synthetic' E. Coli Bacteria". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
- ^ "Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry". American Chemical Society.
- ^ "Scripps Research chemist receives prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Award". 8 May 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
External links edit
- Romesberg Labs at Scripps Institute
- Synthorx Archived 2020-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Floyd E. Romesberg at TED
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