Areas of Focus
- The sequencing of genomes and interpreting such data
- Synthetic biology
- Genome engineering
- Personal genomics
Work Experience
- 1986 - Present: Professor at Harvard Medical School
- Member of the Broad Institute
- Founding member of the Wyss Institute at Harvard
- Founder and Director of the Personal Genome Project
Academic Background & Achievements
- Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Harvard University
- 1986: Hired as a professor at Harvard Medical School
- 2017: Awarded honorary professor of the School of Life Science Fudan University
Publications
- Genomic sequencing, Church GM, Gilbert W., 1984
- Multiplex DNA sequencing, Church GM, Kieffer-Higgins S., 1988
- Accurate multiplex polony sequencing of an evolved bacterial genome, Shendure J, Porreca GJ, Reppas NB, Lin X, McCutcheon JP, Rosenbaum AM, Wang MD, Zhang K, Mitra RD, Church GM., 2005
- RNA-guided human genome engineering via Cas9, Mali P, Yang L, Esvelt KM, Aach J, Guell M, DiCarlo JE, Norville JE, Church GM., 2013
Awards
- National Academy of Sciences
- National Academy of Engineering
- Franklin Bower Laureate for Achievement in Science
- 2017: Named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world
