Editing Craig Venter (section)

==In popular culture==
Venter has been the subject of articles in several magazines, including ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'',<ref name="Shreeve">Shreeve, James. [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.08/venter.html "Craig Venter's Epic Voyage to Redefine the Origin of the Species"], ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', August 2004. Accessed June 7, 2007.</ref> ''[[The Economist]]'',<ref name="The Journey of the Sorcerer">"The Journey of the Sorcerer", ''[[The Economist]]'', December 4, 2004.</ref> Australian science magazine ''[[Cosmos (Australian magazine)|Cosmos]]'',<ref name="First individual person">[http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1561 First individual person's genome decoded] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213224056/http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1561 |date=December 13, 2007 }} – ''[[Cosmos (Australian magazine)|Cosmos]]''. September 4, 2007.</ref><ref name="Geneticists on verge of creating artificial life Archived 2007">[http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1642 Geneticists on verge of creating artificial life] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213045600/http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1642 |date=December 13, 2007 }} – ''Cosmos''. October 8, 2007.</ref> and ''[[The Atlantic]]''.<ref name="Douthat">[[Ross Douthat|Douthat, Ross]]. "The God of Small Things", ''[[The Atlantic]]'', Jan/Feb 2007.</ref>

Venter appears in the two-hour 2001 ''[[Nova (American TV series)|NOVA]]'' special, "Cracking the code of life".<ref>{{cite web|title=Cracking the Code of Life: Meet the Decoders|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/decoders.html|website=NOVA|access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cracking the Code of Life: The Race to Decode Human DNA (2001)|url=https://bioethics.georgetown.edu/film-collection/cracking-the-code-of-life-the-race-to-decode-human-dna-2001/|website=Bioethics Research Library|access-date=February 1, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

On May 16, 2004, Venter gave the commencement speech at [[Boston University]].<ref name="Warren">Warren, Jessica. [http://www.dailyfreepress.com/news/april-30-genome-scientist-to-speak-at-commencement-1.932055 April 30: Genome scientist to speak at Commencement]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''The Daily Free Press'', April 28, 2004. Accessed August 2, 2008.</ref>

On December 4, 2007, Venter gave the [[Richard Dimbleby Lecture|Dimbleby lecture]] for the BBC in London.<ref name="BBC-2007">{{cite news|title=Press Releases The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2007: Dr J Craig Venter – A DNA-Driven World|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/12_december/05/dimbleby.shtml|access-date=February 1, 2017|work=BBC|date=December 5, 2007}}</ref>

Venter gave the Distinguished Public Lecture during the 2007 Michaelmas Term at the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University. Its title was "Genomics – From humans to the environment".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/distinguished-public-lecture-genomics-from-humans-to-the-environment-by-j-craig-venter/|title=Distinguished Public Lecture: "Genomics - from humans to the environment" by J Craig Venter|access-date=April 20, 2024|website=ox.ac.uk|date=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/genomics-from-humans-to-the-environment/|title=Genomics – From humans to the environment|access-date=April 20, 2024|website=ox.ac.uk|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>

Venter delivered the 2008 convocation speech for Faculty of Science honours and specialization students at the [[University of Alberta]].<ref name="Brown">Brown, M.: [http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=9399 "Genomics leader accepts U of A honorary degree"]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, "UofA ExpressNews"; retrieved on June 7, 2009.</ref>

In February 2008, he gave a speech about his current work at the [[TED (conference)|TED conference]].<ref name="Venter-2008">{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life|title=On the verge of creating synthetic life|first=Craig|last=Venter|access-date=January 5, 2019|website=Ted.com|date=March 6, 2008 }}</ref>

Venter was featured in ''Time'' magazine's "The Top 10 Everything of 2008" article. Number three in 2008's Top 10 Scientific Discoveries was a piece outlining his work stitching together the 582,000 base pairs necessary to invent the genetic information for a whole new bacterium.<ref name="Time-2008">{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863947,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211070247/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863947,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 11, 2008 | magazine=Time | title=The Top 10 Everything Of 2008 | date=November 3, 2008 | access-date=April 30, 2010}}</ref>

On May 20, 2010, Venter announced the creation of first self-replicating semi-synthetic bacterial cell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/craig_venter_unveils_synthetic_life?language=en|title=Watch me unveil "synthetic life"|first=Craig|last=Venter|access-date=January 5, 2019|website=Ted.com|date=May 21, 2010 }}</ref>

In the June 2011 issue of ''[[Men's Journal]]'', Venter was featured as the "Survival Skills" celebrity of the month. He shared various anecdotes and advice, including stories of his time in [[Vietnam]], as well as mentioning a bout with [[melanoma]] on his back, which subsequently resulted in his "giving [[Shylock|a pound of flesh]]" to surgery.<ref name="Will Cockrell-2011">{{cite web |work=[[Men's Journal]] |url=http://www.mensjournal.com/survival-skills-craig-venter |date=May 20, 2011 |author=Will Cockrell |title=Survival Skills: Craig Venter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706064344/http://www.mensjournal.com/survival-skills-craig-venter |archive-date=July 6, 2011 }}</ref>

In May 2011, Venter was the commencement speaker at the 157th commencement of [[Syracuse University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sumagazine.syr.edu/2011summer/orangematters/commencement2011.html|title=Commencement 2011|work=Syracuse University Magazine|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514175035/http://sumagazine.syr.edu/2011summer/orangematters/commencement2011.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.syr.edu/blog/2011/05/15/j-craig-venter-delivers-2011-commencement-address/|title=Remarks by J. Craig Venter at Syracuse University's 157th Commencement and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's 114th Commencement|website=SU News|date=May 15, 2011|language=en-US|access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref>

In May 2017, Venter was the guest of honor and keynote speaker at the inauguration ceremony of the Center for Systems Biology Dresden.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csbdresden.de/news-events/news/article/2017/05/31/official-inauguration/|title=Official Inauguration – the Center is officially open|access-date=November 7, 2022|archive-date=November 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107142815/https://www.csbdresden.de/news-events/news/article/2017/05/31/official-inauguration/|url-status=dead}}</ref>