An interview with Charles Cantor: achievements and advice from 50 years of biotechnology expertise.

Interview with Professor Charles Cantor PhD by Claire Raison (Commissioning Editor) Professor Charles Cantor was awarded his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley (CA, USA), in 1966, and via professorships at Columbia University (New York, NY, USA), UC Berkeley and Boston University (Boston, MA, USA), went on to be Chief Scientific Officer of Sequenom (San Diego, CA, USA) and now retired, continues to act as consultant for more than 16 biotechnology companies. His research focused on inventing new techniques for solving biological problems, including faster DNA sequencing, better DNA amplification and advanced methods: for nucleic acid separation.