The object
Shankar Balasubramanian co-invented sequencing-by-synthesis, a chemistry-and-instrument method for reading DNA in massively parallel runs. Commercial systems based on the approach moved genomic analysis from a slow specialist activity toward a practical tool for laboratories, clinicians and biomedical researchers.
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What Shankar did
Co-invented sequencing-by-synthesis with David Klenerman.
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Why it matters
NIHF credits the sequencing-by-synthesis team with enabling next-generation DNA sequencing at scale.
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Living-status check
NIHF records Balasubramanian's 2024 induction, a positive dated public award event confirming he was alive in 2024.