J. Craig Ventner
— Noun
– English
~ United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)
joint venture
— Noun
– English
~ a venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertise; "a joint venture between the film companies to produce TV shows"