Celera
Celera is a corporation registered in California, U.S.A. It was founded to discover and sell information about DNA sequence analysis, especially the human genome. The company is now wholly owned by Quest Diagnostics, a corporation which runs clinical laboratory services.
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Technology |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Alameda, California, USA |
Key people | William G. Green, Chairman, Kathy P Ordonez, President, Craig Venter, Founder |
| Products | Scientific & Technical Instruments |
Number of employees | 554[1] |
| Website | www.celera.com |
Celera's first president, Craig Venter and Hamilton Smith were in charge of the original science. There was competition between Celera and the publicly funded Human Genome Project, which got much comment.[2][3][4] Eventually, they agreed on a certain amount of co-operation.
References
- ↑ "Company profile for Celera Group (CRA)". Retrieved 2008-10-22.
- ↑ Shreeve, James 2004. The Genome War: how Craig Venter tried to capture the code of life and save the world. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-375-40629-8
- ↑ Sulston, John and Ferry, Georgina 2002. The common thread: a story of science, politics, ethics and the human genome. Joseph Henry. ISBN 0-309-08409-1
- ↑ Rabinow, Paul and Dan-Cohen, Talia 2004. A machine to make the future: biotech chronicles. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 0-691-12050-1