Floyd E. Romesberg Explained
Floyd E. Romesberg is an American biotechnologist, biochemist, and geneticist formerly at Scripps Research in San Diego, California.[1] He is known for leading the team that created the first Unnatural Base Pair (UBP), thus expanding the genetic alphabet of four letters to six in 2012,[2] the first semi-synthetic organism in 2014,[3] [4] and the first functional semi-synthetic organism that can reproduce its genetic material in successive offspring, in 2017.[5]
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- Web site: 2019-08-09. Star scientist leaves Scripps Research under mysterious circumstances. 2021-08-31. San Diego Union-Tribune. en-US.
- Efficient and sequence-independent replication of DNA containing a third base pair establishes a functional six-letter genetic alphabet . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 24 July 2012 . Malyshev . Denis A. . Dhami . Kirandeep . Quach . Henry T. . Lavergne . Thomas . Ordoukhanian . Phillip . 109 . 30 . 12005–12010 . 10.1073/pnas.1205176109 . 2012PNAS..10912005M . 22773812 . 3409741. free .
- A Semi-Synthetic Organism with an Expanded Genetic Alphabet. Nature. Malyshev. etal. 7 May 2014. 4058825. 24805238. 10.1038/nature13314. 509. 7500. 385–8. 2014Natur.509..385M.
- News: Scientists Add Letters to DNA's Alphabet, Raising Hope and Fear. Andrew Pollack. New York Times. May 7, 2014. 17 December 2018.
- News: Scripps Research Creates First 'Semi-Synthetic' E. Coli Bacteria. 29 November 2017. 17 December 2018. Chris Jennewein. Times of San Diego.
- Web site: Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry. American Chemical Society.
- Web site: Scripps Research chemist receives prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Award. 8 May 2018. 17 December 2018.
