Last week, scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute announced that they had created the world's first full bacterial genome.

Gene pioneer Dr. J. Craig Venter gives the 32nd Richard Dimbleby Lecture, originally broadcast on Dec 4, 2007 on BBC1. One of the principal scientists who decoded the human genome is about to create the first artificial life form on Earth. So what does the future hold in A DNA-Driven World?

J. Craig Venter visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, ''A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life.'' This event took place on November 12, 2007 as part of the Authors@Google series.

Craig Venter, head of the now completed Human Genome Project and director of the J. Craig Venter Institute which is dedicated to the pursuit of many scientific strategies (the study of microorganisms to produce alternative fuels, an XPrize competition to sequence a human genome for under $1,000, and many other things) as well as a frequent ...

J. Craig Venter, genome scientist and chairman of the J. Craig Venter Institute, discusses publishing the first diploid genome and his new project of creating synthetic life-forms. The Wall Street Journal's Jacob Goldstein has the interview. UPDATE: Celebrity US scientist Craig Venter has built a synthetic chromosome using chemicals made ...