page_title: Leroy Hood
hierarchical_section_title: Leroy Hood
caption_attribution_description: English: Lee Hood, MD, PhD, President and Co-found of the Institute for Systems Biology
context_page_description: Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood is an American biologist who has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Washington.
  Hood has developed ground-breaking scientific instruments which made possible major advances in the biological sciences and the medical sciences. These include
  the first gas phase protein sequencer, for determining the amino acids that make up a given protein;
  a DNA synthesizer, to synthesize short sections of DNA;
  a peptide synthesizer, to combine amino acids into longer peptides and short proteins;
  the first automated DNA sequencer, to identify the order of nucleotides in DNA;
  ink-jet oligonucleotide technology for synthesizing DNA and
  nanostring technology for analyzing single molecules of DNA and RNA.
  The protein sequencer, DNA synthesizer, peptide synthesizer, and DNA sequencer were commercialized through Applied Biosystems, Inc. and the ink-jet technology was commercialized through Agilent Technologies.
  The automated DNA sequencer was an enabling technology for the Human Genome Project.
context_section_description: Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood (born October 10, 1938) is an American biologist who has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Washington. 
  Hood has developed ground-breaking scientific instruments which made possible major advances in the biological sciences and the medical sciences.  These include 
  the first gas phase protein sequencer (1982), for determining the amino acids that make up a given protein;
  a DNA synthesizer (1983), to synthesize short sections of DNA;
  a peptide synthesizer (1984), to combine amino acids into longer peptides and short proteins;
  the first automated DNA sequencer (1986), to identify the order of nucleotides in DNA;  
  ink-jet oligonucleotide technology for synthesizing DNA and 
  nanostring technology for analyzing single molecules of DNA and RNA. 
  The protein sequencer, DNA synthesizer, peptide synthesizer, and DNA sequencer were commercialized through Applied Biosystems, Inc. and the ink-jet technology was commercialized through Agilent Technologies.
  The automated DNA sequencer was an enabling technology for the Human Genome Project.  The peptide synthesizer was used in the synthesis of the HIV protease by Stephen Kent and others, and the development of a protease inhibitor for AIDS treatment.
  Hood established the first cross-disciplinary biology department, the Department of Molecular Biotechnology (MBT), at the University of Washington in 1992, and co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology in 2000. Hood is credited with introducing the term "systems biology", and advocates for "P4 medicine", medicine that is "predictive, personalized, preventive, and participatory." Scientific American counted him among the 10 most influential people in the field of biotechnology in 2015.
caption: Leroy Hood, in 2011.
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