Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood is an American biologist. He won the 2003 Lemelson-MIT Prize for inventing "four instruments that have unlocked much of the mystery of human biology" by helping decode the genome. Hood also won the 2002 Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology, and the 1987 Lasker Award for Studies of Immune Diversity.
His inventions include the automated DNA sequencer, a device to create proteins and an automated tool for synthesizing DNA. Hood co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology.
External links
- My Life and Adventures Integrating Biology and Technology Commemorative lecture given when awarded the 2002 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technologies.
- Biography of Leroy Hood at the website of the Institute for Systems Biology.