Take Jonathan Rothberg, the 47-year-old founder of ion Torrent Systems, another 2011 tech Pioneer, which promises to put gene sequencing technology within reach of any lab or clinic.

再看看乔纳森·罗斯博格(Jonathan Rothberg)，是2011年另一个技术先锋Ion Torrent Systems公司47岁的创办人。该公司致力于将基因测序技术带到每一个实验室或诊所。

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Jonathan M. Rothberg fancies himself the Steve Jobs of biotechnology.

乔纳森米rothberg幻想自己对生物技术的史蒂夫·乔布斯。

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Invented by engineer and entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg, such desktop gene machines could transform medicine, agriculture, nanotechnology and the search for alternative fuels.

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The PGM uses a semiconductor chip to sequencing DNA, a technology that Ion Torrent founder Jonathan Rothberg says will allow his machine to increase in speed at a rate of 10-fold every six months.

FORBES: Ion Torrent Gives Its DNA-Sequencing Box A Boost

Ion Torrent entered this market in 2010, the brainchild of biotech entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg. (I wrote a Forbes cover story about him in 2011.) Rothberg figured out how to make a DNA sequencer using semiconductor parts that would be significantly cheaper than the machines Illumina sold.

FORBES: What Does This $14 Billion Deal Mean For The Future Of DNA Sequencing?