Recruited by Bob Swanson in 1978, he was the first non-university scientist to be hired[1] at Genentech, and the company's third employee.[1] Goeddel became legendary in the biotechnology and molecular biology fields by cloning virtually all of Genentech's early products and/or processes, including synthetic insulin, growth hormone, and tPA, often beating out bigger and more established laboratories in the process. Besides being perhaps the single most important contributor to Genentech's rise to one of the nation's premier biotech companies, his extraordinary drive and competitive work ethic embodied Genentech's early "Clone or Die" culture[2]
Together with Steve McKnight and Robert Tjian, he founded Tularik in 1991, and was their president and CEO until Tularik was acquired by Amgen for $1.3 billion in 2004.[3]
^ abEric W. Pfeiffer (1999-05-31). . Forbes. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
^Invisible Frontiers: The Race to Synthesize a Human Gene by Stephen S. Hall (1987, Tempus Books of Microsoft Press)
^Amgen (2004-03-29). "Amgen to Acquire Tularik for $1.3 Billion". Amgen.
^Schwedelson, Paul (14 July 2016). "Goeddel brothers to finally meet when Phillies host the Mets". www.inquirer.com.
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david, goeddel, david, goeddel, born, 1951, american, molecular, biologist, employed, time, genentech, successfully, used, genetic, engineering, coax, bacteria, into, creating, synthetic, human, insulin, human, growth, hormone, human, tissue, plasminogen, acti. David V Goeddel born 1951 is an American molecular biologist who employed at the time by Genentech successfully used genetic engineering to coax bacteria into creating synthetic human insulin human growth hormone and human tissue plasminogen activator tPA for use in therapeutic medicine Recruited by Bob Swanson in 1978 he was the first non university scientist to be hired 1 at Genentech and the company s third employee 1 Goeddel became legendary in the biotechnology and molecular biology fields by cloning virtually all of Genentech s early products and or processes including synthetic insulin growth hormone and tPA often beating out bigger and more established laboratories in the process Besides being perhaps the single most important contributor to Genentech s rise to one of the nation s premier biotech companies his extraordinary drive and competitive work ethic embodied Genentech s early Clone or Die culture 2 Together with Steve McKnight and Robert Tjian he founded Tularik in 1991 and was their president and CEO until Tularik was acquired by Amgen for 1 3 billion in 2004 3 Goeddel earned his bachelor s degree in chemistry from the University of California San Diego and his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Colorado Boulder He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and is a recipient of the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry and the Scheele Award from the Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences Personal life editGoeddel has two sons who have played Major League Baseball Erik and Tyler 4 References edit a b Eric W Pfeiffer 1999 05 31 Biotechnology All Stars Forbes Archived from the original on 2012 02 06 Retrieved 2007 09 12 Invisible Frontiers The Race to Synthesize a Human Gene by Stephen S Hall 1987 Tempus Books of Microsoft Press Amgen 2004 03 29 Amgen to Acquire Tularik for 1 3 Billion Amgen Schwedelson Paul 14 July 2016 Goeddel brothers to finally meet when Phillies host the Mets www inquirer com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Goeddel amp oldid 1193349053, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
