====== George Church ======

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Dr. **George McDonald Church** is an American geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist, and entrepreneur.

===== History =====

In April 2017, Church was included on [[Time]]'s annual list of 100 most influential people in the world. [[Stephen Colbert]] wrote a glowing tribute to him to mark the occasion.((Stendahl, M. (2017, April 20). //George Church makes Time’s “most influential” list — with a nod from Stephen Colbert.// Boston Business Journal. https://archive.ph/CoNL5)) ((Colbert, S. (2017). //George Church: The World’s 100 Most Influential People.// Time. https://web.archive.org/web/20230112234055/https://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4742749/george-church/))

==== Jeffrey Epstein ====

Church was partly funded from 2005 to 2007 by the nonprofit [[Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation]], a private foundation established by [[Jeffrey Epstein]].((Church, G. M. (2017, March 25). //Tech transfer.// Church Lab. https://archive.ph/XKy12)) In his 2019 apology for "poor awareness" of Epstein's sex offender status, Church said he had "nerd tunnel vision" and articles on Epstein's crimes were unclear to him, placing responsibility on vetting donors on the development office.((Begley, S. (2019, August 5). //Citing “nerd tunnel vision,” biologist George Church apologizes for contacts with Jeffrey Epstein.// STAT. https://archive.ph/PuvW0))

On October 30, 2017, Church was awarded the title of Honorary Professor at [[Zhejiang University]].((//World-Renowned Geneticist George Church Named Honorary Professor by ZJU.// (2017, November 6). Zhejiang University. https://archive.ph/8MpGj)) After the award ceremony, Church delivered a keynote speech titled “Technologies for Reading & Editing DNA and Medical Applications” at [[Xinglin Forum]], a high-level academic activity hosted by ZJU’s School of Medicine.

On May 1, 2018, Church co-led the second [[Genome Project-write]] (GP-write) "Scientific Working Meeting" at the [[Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology]], where he reportedly networked with [[Bryan Bishop]] and [[Max Berry]].((//GP-write Scientific Working Meeting | May 1, 2018.// The Center of Excellence for Engineering Biology. Retrieved January 22, 2023, from https://archive.ph/LOm33)) ((Shanks, P. (2019, February 8). //The Bitcoin Baby Project.// Center for Genetics and Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20230122195002/https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-times/bitcoin-baby-project)) In response to the pair's request for advice on their new [[designer baby]] startup, Church told them to consult with ethicists.((Regalado, A. (2019, February 1). //The DIY designer baby project funded with Bitcoin.// MIT Technology Review. https://archive.ph/lgB0w))
==== COVID-19 ====

Church is a member of the [[Rapid Deployment Vaccine Collaborative]] (RaDVaC), formed in March 2020 to deploy experimental [[COVID-19 vaccines]].((Regalado, A. (2020, July 29). //Some scientists are taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine, and nobody knows if it’s legal or if it works.// MIT Technology Review. https://archive.ph/EObRH))

===== Affiliations =====

^ Name  ^ Position  ^
| [[medical_technology_companies:23andMe]]  | Advisor((//About Us: Scientific Advisory Board.// 23andMe. Retrieved October 17, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20131017160634/https://www.23andme.com/about/advisors/))  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:4baseCare]]  | Advisor((//Our Team.// 4baseCare. Retrieved May 8, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200508100527/https://4basecare.com/about-us/team/))  |
| [[Advancement Initiative for Medicine and Science]] (AIMS)  | Board member((//Board.// Advancement Initiative for Medicine and Science. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230116160018/https://theaims.org/en/board/))  |
| [[pharmaceutical_companies:Alacris Theranostics]]  | Founder((//Team.// Alacris Theranostics. Retrieved January 14, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230114191417/http://www.alacris.de/team/))  |
| [[Alibaba DAMO Academy]]  | Advisor((Wei, H. (2017, October 12). //Alibaba to launch global research academy - Business.// China Daily. https://archive.ph/6iJEl))  |
| [[AltLabs]]  | Scientific Advisor((Alley, E. C., Turpin, M., Liu, A. B., Kulp-McDowall, T., Swett, J., Edison, R., Von Stetina, S. E., Church, G. M., & Esvelt, K. M. (2020). //A machine learning toolkit for genetic engineering attribution to facilitate biosecurity.// Nature Communications, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19612-0))  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Alveo Technologies]]  | Advisor((Chiarello, R. (2019, May 1). //Famed American Geneticist, George Church, Joins Alveo’s Scientific Advisory Board.// Alveo Technologies. https://archive.ph/inv3o))  |
| [[ARCH Venture Partners]]  | -  |
| [[pharmaceutical_companies:AuraVax Therapeutics]]  | Scientific Advisor((//Company.// AuraVax. Retrieved November 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221128184427/https://www.auravax.com/company/))  |
| [[Betterhumans]]  | Scientific Advisor((//Meet Our Team.// Betterhumans. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113074336/https://www.betterhumans.org/team.html))  |
| [[pharmaceutical_companies:Biogen]]  | Researcher (former)((Nair, P. (2012). //Profile of George M. Church.// Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(30), 11893–11895. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1204148109))  |
| [[BRAIN Initiative]]  | Co-initiator  |
| [[Broad Institute]]  | Senior associate member((//Our faculty: Associate and affiliate members.// Broad Institute. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://archive.ph/CqUM2))  |
| [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]]  | Member of the Board of Sponsors((//Board of Sponsors.// Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113035318/https://thebulletin.org/about-us/board-of-sponsors/))  |
| [[pharmaceutical_companies:Celestial Therapeutics]]  | Scientific Advisor((//Renowned Geneticist Dr. George Church Joins Celestial Therapeutics Scientific Advisory Board.// (2021, October 28). Celestial Therapeutics. https://archive.ph/oaLqS))  |
| [[Center for Consequences of Causal Variation]]  | Director((//Our Investigators.// Center for Causal Consequences of Variation. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113001024/https://ccv.med.harvard.edu/investigators.htm))  |
| [[Center for Genome Engineering and Therapy]]  | Director((Bo, X. (2019, October 28). //Genome engineering, therapy center established in south China.// XinhuaNet. https://archive.ph/oJPQo))  |
| [[Center on Bioenergy Technology]]  | Director  |
| [[Centre for the Study of Existential Risk]] (CSER)  | Advisor((Larsen, N. (2020, July 15). //Global Catastrophic Risks with Martin Rees.// Medium. https://web.archive.org/web/20230116160457/https://nicklaslarsen.medium.com/global-catastrophic-risks-with-martin-rees-97a186673a48))  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Complete Genomics]]  | Advisory board member((//Advisory Board.// Complete Genomics. Retrieved November 27, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221127145415/https://www.completegenomics.com/about-us/complete-genomics-advisory-board/))  |
| [[Consortium for Space Genetics]]  | Faculty member((//George M. Church, Ph.D.// Consortium for Space Genetics. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://archive.ph/MI26l))  |
| [[CRISPR Journal]]  | -  |
| [[Duke University]]  | Researcher  |
| [[Effective Altruism Global]]  | Speaker at EA Global Boston in 2017((//Home.// EA Global Boston. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113035038/https://boston.eaglobal.org/)) ((Labenz, A. (2017, April 1). //Applications are open for EA Global Boston.// Effective Altruism Forum. https://web.archive.org/web/20221207211135/https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Rh5a5CHhpP955Winn/applications-are-open-for-ea-global-boston))  |
| [[Fidelity]]  | -  |
| [[Flagship Pioneering]]  | "Friend", Founder of many companies funded by Flagship((//From Primordial Soup to Nanopores: A Conversation With George Church.// (2018, November 5). Flagship Pioneering. https://web.archive.org/web/20230115044446/https://www.flagshippioneering.com/stories/q-a-with-george-church))  |
| [[Founders Fund]]  | -  |
| [[Franklin Institute]]  | Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science((//Bower Laureates.// The Franklin Institute. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113001037/https://www.fi.edu/bower-laureates))  |
| [[Future of Life Institute]]  | External advisor((//George Church.// Future of Life Institute. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://archive.ph/w7Cez))  |
| [[pharmaceutical_companies:Gen9]]  | Founder. Purchase by [[pharmaceutical_companies:Gingko Bioworks]]((Stendahl, M. (2017, January 20). //Boston-based Ginkgo snaps up George Church-founded DNA maker.// Boston Business Journal. https://archive.ph/cDXm3))  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:GenapSys]]  | Advisory board member((Goldstein, H. (2013, November 18). //Russian Millionaire Contributes To Genapsys’ $37 Million Funding Round.// BioSpace. https://web.archive.org/web/20230113180401/https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/russian-millionaire-contributes-to-b-genapsys-b-37-million-funding-round-/))  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Genia]]  | Advisor((//Scientific Advisory Board.// Genia. Retrieved June 3, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20160603203157/http://www.geniachip.com/about/advisory))  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Genome Compiler]]  | Advisor((//About Genome Compiler.// Genome Compiler. Retrieved January 19, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210119024254/http://www.genomecompiler.com/about-genome-compiler/))  |
| [[Genspace]]  | Advisor((Loria, K. (2015, May 1). //The process used to edit the genes of human embryos is so easy you could do it in a community bio-hacker space.// Yahoo! Finance. https://archive.ph/nSTTa))  |
| [[George Church Institute of Regenesis]]  | Director((Bio-IT World Staff. (2017, October 27). //BGI Launches George Church Institute.// Bio-IT World. https://archive.ph/ufRYd))  |
| [[Google Ventures]]  | -  |
| [[Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs]]  | Past speaker((//The Future of Synthetic Biology with Prof. George Church.// (2020, September 22). Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs. https://archive.ph/v2QcV))  |
| [[Harvard College Effective Altruism]]  | Speaker((Eyal, N. (2014, October 18). //Harvard Effective Altruism: George Church this Monday.// Bill of Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20230113074847/https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2014/10/18/harvard-effective-altruism-george-church-this-monday/))  |
| [[Harvard Medical School]]  | Professor  |
| [[Harvard University]]  | Professor  |
| [[pharmaceutical_companies:HelixNano]]  | Scientific Advisor((//Home.// HelixNano. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230112221758/https://www.helixnano.com/))  |
| [[Human Genome Project]] (HGP)  | Co-initiator((Cook-Deegan, R. M. (1989). //The alta summit, December 1984.// Genomics, 5(3), 661–663. [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0888754389900426|https://doi.org/10.1016/0888-7543(89)90042-6]]))  |
| [[IBM]]  | Advisor((Markoff, J. (2009, October 5). //I.B.M. Joins Pursuit of $1,000 Personal Genome.// The New York Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20230113181035/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/science/06dna.html))  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Illumina]]  | -  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:INanoBio]]  | Advisor((//Scientific Board of Advisors.// INanoBio. Retrieved December 8, 2018, from https://web.archive.org/web/20181208022354/http://www.inanobio.com:80/scientific-advisory-board.php))  |
| [[In-Q-Tel]]  | -  |
| [[Institute for Protein Innovation]]  | -  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Intelligent Bio-Systems]]  | Advisor((//Intelligent Bio-Systems - Contacts, Employees, Board Members, Advisors & Alumni.// Crunchbase. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/intelligent-bio-systems/people))  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Ion Torrent]]  | Advisor((//Scientific Advisory Board.// Ion Torrent. Retrieved January 14, 2012, from https://web.archive.org/web/20120114061324/http://www.iontorrent.com/scientific-advisory-board))  |
| [[Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation]]  | Research funding((Church, G. M. (2017, March 25). //Tech transfer.// Church Lab. https://archive.ph/XKy12))  |
| [[Life Extension Advocacy Foundation]] (LEAF)  | -  |
| [[Life Sciences Research Foundation]]  | Fellow  |
| [[Lipper Center for Computational Genetics]]  | Director  |
| [[Longevity Vision Fund]]  | -  |
| [[pharmaceutical_companies:Lynx Therapeutics]]  | Advisor((//Lynx Augments Its Intellectual Property Portfolio.// (2000, January 20). The Free Library. https://web.archive.org/web/20120908062001/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lynx+Augments+Its+Intellectual+Property+Portfolio.-a058723058))  |
| [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT)  | Professor((//George M. Church.// (2022, December 15). Harvard Molecular Technologies. https://web.archive.org/web/20230112232239/https://arep.med.harvard.edu/gmc/))  |
| [[Mind First Foundation]]  | Founder((//Home.// Mind First Foundation. Retrieved August 9, 2018, from https://web.archive.org/web/20180809161302/http://mindfirstfoundation.org/))  |
| [[MIT Media Lab]]  | Visiting Professor (Ethics), Past Member (Director's Office)((//Person Overview ‹ George Church.// MIT Media Lab. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://archive.ph/gYeqs))  |
| [[Molecular Systems Biology]] (journal)  | Editor  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Nabsys]]  | Scientific Advisor((//Scientific Advisors.// Nabsys. Retrieved July 29, 2015, from https://web.archive.org/web/20150729145756/http://www.nabsys.com/About-Us/Scientific-Advisors.aspx))  |
| [[National Academy of Engineering]] (NAE)  | Member((//Professor George M. Church.// NAE Website. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113001643/https://www.nae.edu/56128.aspx))  |
| [[National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists]]  | Past speaker((//Speakers at the Congress of Future Medical Leaders - Offical Site.// National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113024545/https://www.futuredocs.com/speakers))  |
| [[National Academy of Sciences]] (NAS)  | Member((Nair, P. (2012). //Profile of George M. Church.// Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(30), 11893–11895. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1204148109))  |
| [[Nature Publishing Group]]  | -  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Noblegen Biosciences]]  | Advisor((//Advisors.// Noblegen Biosciences. Retrieved February 18, 2015, from https://web.archive.org/web/20150218153814/http://noblegenbio.com/Advisors.html))  |
| [[Northeast Science Station]]  | -  |
| [[Open Humans]]  | -  |
| [[Personal Genome Project]] (PGP)  | Director  |
| [[pharmaceutical_companies:Poseida Therapeutics]]  | Gene Therapy Scientific Advisory Board Chair((//George M. Church, Ph.D.// Poseida Therapeutics. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113024849/https://poseida.com/george-m-church-ph-d/))  |
| [[Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine]]  | -  |
| [[pharmaceutical_companies:Regenerative Bio]]  | -  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Roswell Biotechnologies]]  | Advisor((Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc. (2021, October 28). //Roswell Biotechnologies Forms Scientific Advisory Board.// PR Newswire. https://web.archive.org/web/20230114190637/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/roswell-biotechnologies-forms-scientific-advisory-board-301410793.html))  |
| [[Scientific American]]  | -  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Solexa]]  | -  |
| [[Supercentenarian Research Study]]  | Scientific Advisor((//About Us.// Supercentenarian Research Study. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113074556/https://supercentenarianstudy.com/aboutus.html))  |
| [[pharmaceutical_companies:Tessera Therapeutics]]  | Scientific Advisory Board Member((//George Church.// Tessera Therapeutics. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113032140/https://www.tesseratherapeutics.com/team/george-church))  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:Thermo Fisher Scientific]]  | Advisor  |
| [[United States Department of Energy]]  | Funding  |
| [[University of California San Francisco]]  | Post-doctoral researcher  |
| [[Winklevoss Capital]]  | -  |
| [[Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering]]  | Director  |
| [[medical_technology_companies:XGenomes]]  | Advisor((Shieber, J. (2019, March 15). //XGenomes is bringing DNA sequencing to the masses.// TechCrunch. https://archive.ph/a6ErD))  |
| [[XPRIZE]]  | -  |
| [[Y Combinator]]  | -  |
| [[Zhejiang University]]  | Honorary Professor((//World-Renowned Geneticist George Church Named Honorary Professor by ZJU.// (2017, November 6). Zhejiang University. https://archive.ph/8MpGj))  |

===== External links =====

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Church_(geneticist)|Wikipedia]]