[Trinity Japan] Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, inventor of Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS), 22 Oct 2021

Sir Shankar Balasubramanian

Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian (together with Sir David Klenerman) have been awarded the 2020 Millenium Technology Prize “their innovation of Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS), technology that enables fast, accurate, low-cost and large-scale genome sequencing”. Sir Shankar is the Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and Trinity Fellow.

Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian (together with Sir David Klenerman and Pascal Mayer) were awarded the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

• https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/four-cambridge-researchers-recognised-in-the-2022-breakthrough-prizes
• https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/2/L3917

Sir Shankar is the scientific founder of two companies:

• Solexa: https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/collaboration-and-impact/solexa-sequencing
• Cambridge Epigenetix https://cambridge-epigenetix.com/

Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, inventor of Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS), 22 Oct 2021

Trinity in Japan

Trinity in Japan is a Trinity College Officially Recognized Group, and recognized by the University of Cambridge as an alumni group.

Chair and Founder: Gerhard Fasol

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