Zababdeh
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	الزبابدة
• Also spelled	al-Zababida (official) az-Zubabdeh (unofficial)
Zababdeh Location of Zababdeh within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 32°23′07.23″N 35°19′23.42″E / 32.3853417°N 35.3231722°E / 32.3853417; 35.3231722Coordinates: 32°23′07.23″N 35°19′23.42″E / 32.3853417°N 35.3231722°E / 32.3853417; 35.3231722
Governorate	Jenin
Government
• Type	Village Council (from 1995)
Area
• Jurisdiction	5,719 dunams (5.7 km2 or 2.2 sq mi)
Population (2007)[1]
• Jurisdiction	3,665
Website	www.zababdeh.ps

Zababdeh or Zababida (Arabic: الزبابدة‎) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 15 km southeast of Jenin and 2 km from the Arab American University - Jenin. Its jurisdiction consists of 5,719 dunams, three-fifths being covered with olive and fig groves.^[2] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 2007 census, there were 3,665 residents,^[1] of which roughly two-thirds are Christians,^[3] and by law the mayor has to be a Christian.^{[citation needed]}

Twinned towns[link]

• Graz, Austria

See also[link]

• Palestinian Christians
• Salt of the Earth: Palestinian Christians in the Northern West Bank

References[link]

External links[link]

• Zababdeh Official Website-Rajaie

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George Church
Church with a molecular model at TED 2010
Born	(1954-08-28) August 28, 1954 (age 57)[1] MacDill Air Force Base, Florida[1]
Residence	Boston, Massachusetts
Citizenship	U.S.
Nationality	U.S.
Fields	Genetics
Institutions	Harvard, MIT
Alma mater	Duke, Harvard

George Church (August 28, 1954- ) is an American molecular geneticist. He is currently Professor of Genetics^[2] at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Health Sciences and Technology^[3] at Harvard and MIT, and a core faculty member^[4] at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.^[5][6][7]

With Walter Gilbert he developed the first direct genomic sequencing method in 1984^[8] and helped initiate the Human Genome Project in 1984^[9] while he was a Research Scientist at newly formed Biogen Inc. He invented the broadly applied concepts of molecular multiplexing and tags,^[10] homologous recombination methods,^[11] and DNA array synthesizers. Technology transfer of automated sequencing & software to Genome Therapeutics Corp. resulted in the first commercial genome sequence, (the human pathogen, Helicobacter pylori) in 1994.^[12]

He initiated the Personal Genome Project (PGP)^[13] in 2005, and, in 2007, he founded the U.S. personal genomics company Knome^[14] (with Jorge Conde and Sundar Subramaniam). He does research on synthetic biology and is director of the U.S. Department of Energy Center on Bioenergy at Harvard & MIT^[15] and director of the National Institutes of Health (NHGRI) Center of Excellence in Genomic Science at Harvard.^[16]

He has been advisor to 22 companies,^[17] co-founding (with Joseph Jacobson, Jay Keasling, and Drew Endy) Codon Devices, a biotech startup dedicated to synthetic biology, which produces DNA sequences to order.^[18] With Chris Somerville, Jay Keasling, Noubar Afeyan, and David Berry he founded LS9, which is focused on biofuels or renewable petroleum technologies.^[19]

In 2009 he founded Pathogenica, with Yemi Adesokan, in order to pioneer commercial applications for pathogen sequencing technology.^[20]

In September 2010, Dr. Church was honored for his work in Genetics with the Mass High Tech All-Star Award.^[21] He is a senior editor^[22] for Molecular Systems Biology.

In 2011 he was awarded the Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science of the Franklin Institute^[23] and elected to the National Academy of Sciences.^[24] In 2012, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.^[25]

According to Forbes, Church suffers from narcolepsy.^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

External links[link]

• New Polony DNA Sequencing Methods
• Biosketch on Edge.org
• Knome homepage
• LS9 Inc. homepage
• How the Personal Genome Project Could Unlock the Mysteries of Life