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George Church
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.1) 2)
Jeffrey Epstein
Church was partly funded from 2005 to 2007 by the nonprofit Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, a private foundation established by Jeffrey Epstein.3) 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.4)
On October 30, 2017, Church was awarded the title of Honorary Professor at Zhejiang University.5) 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.
COVID-19
Church is a member of the Rapid Deployment Vaccine Collaborative (RaDVaC), formed in March 2020 to deploy experimental COVID-19 vaccines.6)
Affiliations
External links
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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
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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/
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Begley, S. (2019, August 5). Citing “nerd tunnel vision,” biologist George Church apologizes for contacts with Jeffrey Epstein. STAT. https://archive.ph/PuvW0
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World-Renowned Geneticist George Church Named Honorary Professor by ZJU. (2017, November 6). Zhejiang University. https://archive.ph/8MpGj
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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
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About Us: Scientific Advisory Board. 23andMe. Retrieved October 17, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20131017160634/https://www.23andme.com/about/advisors/
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Our Team. 4baseCare. Retrieved May 8, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200508100527/https://4basecare.com/about-us/team/
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Board. Advancement Initiative for Medicine and Science. Retrieved January 16, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230116160018/https://theaims.org/en/board/
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Team. Alacris Theranostics. Retrieved January 14, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230114191417/http://www.alacris.de/team/
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Wei, H. (2017, October 12). Alibaba to launch global research academy - Business. China Daily. https://archive.ph/6iJEl
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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
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Chiarello, R. (2019, May 1). Famed American Geneticist, George Church, Joins Alveo’s Scientific Advisory Board. Alveo Technologies. https://archive.ph/inv3o
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Company. AuraVax. Retrieved November 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221128184427/https://www.auravax.com/company/
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Meet Our Team. Betterhumans. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113074336/https://www.betterhumans.org/team.html
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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
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Our faculty: Associate and affiliate members. Broad Institute. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://archive.ph/CqUM2
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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/
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Renowned Geneticist Dr. George Church Joins Celestial Therapeutics Scientific Advisory Board. (2021, October 28). Celestial Therapeutics. https://archive.ph/oaLqS
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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
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Bo, X. (2019, October 28). Genome engineering, therapy center established in south China. XinhuaNet. https://archive.ph/oJPQo
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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/
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George M. Church, Ph.D. Consortium for Space Genetics. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://archive.ph/MI26l
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Home. EA Global Boston. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113035038/https://boston.eaglobal.org/
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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
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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
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Bower Laureates. The Franklin Institute. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113001037/https://www.fi.edu/bower-laureates
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George Church. Future of Life Institute. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://archive.ph/w7Cez
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Stendahl, M. (2017, January 20). Boston-based Ginkgo snaps up George Church-founded DNA maker. Boston Business Journal. https://archive.ph/cDXm3
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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-/
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Scientific Advisory Board. Genia. Retrieved June 3, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20160603203157/http://www.geniachip.com/about/advisory
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About Genome Compiler. Genome Compiler. Retrieved January 19, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210119024254/http://www.genomecompiler.com/about-genome-compiler/
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Bio-IT World Staff. (2017, October 27). BGI Launches George Church Institute. Bio-IT World. https://archive.ph/ufRYd
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The Future of Synthetic Biology with Prof. George Church. (2020, September 22). Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs. https://archive.ph/v2QcV
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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/
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Home. HelixNano. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230112221758/https://www.helixnano.com/
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Cook-Deegan, R. M. (1989). The alta summit, December 1984. Genomics, 5(3), 661–663. https://doi.org/10.1016/0888-7543(89)90042-6
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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
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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
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Intelligent Bio-Systems - Contacts, Employees, Board Members, Advisors & Alumni. Crunchbase. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/intelligent-bio-systems/people
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Scientific Advisory Board. Ion Torrent. Retrieved January 14, 2012, from https://web.archive.org/web/20120114061324/http://www.iontorrent.com/scientific-advisory-board
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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
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George M. Church. (2022, December 15). Harvard Molecular Technologies. https://web.archive.org/web/20230112232239/https://arep.med.harvard.edu/gmc/
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Home. Mind First Foundation. Retrieved August 9, 2018, from https://web.archive.org/web/20180809161302/http://mindfirstfoundation.org/
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Person Overview ‹ George Church. MIT Media Lab. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://archive.ph/gYeqs
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Scientific Advisors. Nabsys. Retrieved July 29, 2015, from https://web.archive.org/web/20150729145756/http://www.nabsys.com/About-Us/Scientific-Advisors.aspx
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Professor George M. Church. NAE Website. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113001643/https://www.nae.edu/56128.aspx
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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
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Advisors. Noblegen Biosciences. Retrieved February 18, 2015, from https://web.archive.org/web/20150218153814/http://noblegenbio.com/Advisors.html
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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/
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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
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About Us. Supercentenarian Research Study. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113074556/https://supercentenarianstudy.com/aboutus.html
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George Church. Tessera Therapeutics. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230113032140/https://www.tesseratherapeutics.com/team/george-church
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Shieber, J. (2019, March 15). XGenomes is bringing DNA sequencing to the masses. TechCrunch. https://archive.ph/a6ErD