A Semi-Synthetic Organism with an Expanded Genetic Alphabet

Floyd Romesberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute
Principal Scientific Founder and Advisor of Synthorx, Inc.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 (Event is free and open to the public)
6:00 – 7:00 pm, BCC Auditorium (Reception 5:30 – 6 pm)

An expanded DNA alphabet in a reproducing life form has been a major scientific breakthrough. Dr. Romesberg’s team created an E. coli bacterium with four natural (A, T, C, G) and two unnatural (X, Y) DNA bases that was widely considered impossible.

Dr. Romesberg is Professor of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute and serves as Principal Scientific Founder and Advisor of Synthorx, Inc. He is the recipient of multiple academic awards, including American Chemistry Society Nobel Laureate Signature Award, the National Science Foundation Career Award and the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Award. Dr. Romesberg received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Cornell University.

 

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For More Information: Dr. Romesberg at Scripps The Romesberg Lab

 

Sponsored by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine