Hamilton Smith obituary: molecular biologist who co-discovered precise molecular scissors for cutting DNADownload PDF OBITUARY10 November 2025Nobel laureate who helped to sequence the first bacterial and human genomes.ByJ. Craig Venter0J. Craig VenterJ. Craig Venter is founder and chief executive of the J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla, California and in Rockville, Maryland.View author publicationsSearch author on: PubMed Google Scholar