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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Diego 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:Dan_David_Prize gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
 gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin_Medal_in_Life_Science
 gptkb:Kistler_Prize
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1946-10-14 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Salt_Lake_City,_Utah,_USA 
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                                | gptkbp:degree | gptkb:PhD 
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                                | gptkbp:editor | gptkb:Science_(journal) gptkb:Genome_Research_(journal)
 
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                                | gptkbp:education | gptkb:University_of_California,_San_Diego 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | genomics molecular biology
 synthetic biology
 
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                                | gptkbp:founded | gptkb:Celera_Genomics gptkb:J._Craig_Venter_Institute
 gptkb:The_Institute_for_Genomic_Research
 
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                                | gptkbp:hasChild | gptkb:Christopher_Venter gptkb:Heather_Venter
 
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                                | gptkbp:hasPatent | methods for DNA sequencing synthetic genome construction
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | genomics research synthetic biology community
 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | gptkb:Francis_Crick gptkb:James_D._Watson
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Human_Genome_Project gptkb:Celera_Genomics
 gptkb:J._Craig_Venter_Institute
 first synthetic bacterial genome
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
 
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                                | gptkbp:militaryService | gptkb:United_States_Navy gptkb:Vietnam_War
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:notableProject | creation of synthetic life (Mycoplasma laboratorium) sequencing the first draft human genome
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:biologist gptkb:entrepreneur
 
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                                | gptkbp:publishedIn | gptkb:A_Life_Decoded:_My_Genome:_My_Life 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:La_Jolla,_California 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Heather_Kowalski 
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                                | gptkbp:subjectOf | gptkb:A_Life_Decoded_(autobiography) gptkb:The_Genome_War_(book)
 
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                                | gptkbp:twitter | @JCVenter 
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                                | gptkbp:website | https://www.jcvi.org/ 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Craig_Venter gptkb:J._Craig_Venter
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | John Craig Venter 
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