Executive Profile

Hamilton O. Smith M.D. Co-Founder and Co-Chief Scientific Officer, Synthetic Genomics, Inc.

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Background

Dr. Hamilton O. Smith co-founded Synthetic Genomics, Inc. in 2005 and serves as it's Co-Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Smith serves as a Scientific Director of the Institute of Biological Energy Alternatives(IBEA) and Scientific Director of Synthetic Biology & Biological Energy Groups at the Venter Institute. He served as an Executive Vice President at Synthetic Genomics, Inc. He served as a Founder and Senior Director of DNA Resources of Celera Genomics and participated ... in the sequencing of the genomes of the fruit fly, mosquito, mouse and human. Previously, Dr. Smith served as the head of faculty and professor of molecular biology and genetics of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was a Co-Founder and collaborated with The Institute for Genome Research (TIGR) to sequence the genome of H. influenza, archaea bacteria, and other bacteria. Dr. Smith is widely considered one of the experts in DNA library construction and DNA manipulation techniques. He serves as the Chairman and Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Metabolon Inc. Dr. Smith serves as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at U.S. Genomics, Inc., Excel Medical Ventures, and Biocryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. He serves as a Director of Sunol Molecular Corporation. Dr. Smith was a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Intercell Biomedical Research & Development AG until February 2006. He served as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Altor BioScience Corporation. In 1978, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for the discovery of Type II restriction enzymes, which led to the development of recombinant DNA technology. Dr. Smith serves as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. He holds a Doctorate in Medicine (M.D.) from John Hopkins University, together with numerous honorary doctorates. Dr. Smith received an A.B. in mathematics from University of California at Berkeley.

Corporate Headquarters 11149 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, California 92037 United States Phone: 858-754-2900 Fax: 858-754-2988 Board Members Memberships Director Sunol Molecular Corporation Scientific Director of Synthetic Biology & Bioenergy and Trustee J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. Education BA University of California Berkeley Doctorate Johns Hopkins University MD 1956 Johns Hopkins University MD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Other Affiliations BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pathogenetix, Inc. Sunol Molecular Corporation Intercell Ag Ravgen, Inc. University of California Berkeley Johns Hopkins University Metabolon, Inc. Altor BioScience Corporation Johns Hopkins School of Medicine AFFiRiS AG J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. Excel Venture Management

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