Dr. Venter is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 21st century for decoding the human genome and thus changing the future of medicine. He leads the J. Craig Venter Institute, which is dedicated to human, microbial, plant, synthetic, and environmental genomic research and to the exploration of social and ethical issues in genomics. Dr. Venter is now focusing on genomic-driven solutions to address global needs such as new sources of energy, new food and nutritional products, and next-generation vaccines.