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Jeff Hoffman did his undergraduate and graduate work at Louisiana State University in microbiology. He started work in April 2002 and was the first person hired at the Venter Institute. Since 2002 Jeff has been the Expedition Scientist onboard Sorcerer II. His time on Sorcerer II includes the pilot study in the Sargasso Sea, the circumnavigation around the world from 2004-2006 and the Baltic/Mediterranean/ Black Sea of 2009-2010. He has also been on 3 expeditions to the continent of Antarctica and one Southern Ocean Survey from Australia to Antarctica.
Publications
Environmental microbiology. 2023-12-01; 25.12: 2761-2775.
Plastics select for distinct early colonizing microbial populations with reproducible traits across environmental gradients
Bos RP, Kaul D, Zettler ER, Hoffman JM, Dupont CL, Amaral-Zettler LA, Mincer TJ
PMID: 37132662
Science (New York, N.Y.). 2004-04-02; 304.5667: 66-74.
Environmental genome shotgun sequencing of the Sargasso Sea
Venter JC, Remington K, Heidelberg JF, Halpern AL, Rusch D, Eisen JA, Wu D, Paulsen I, Nelson KE, Nelson W, Fouts DE, Levy S, Knap AH, Lomas MW, Nealson K, White O, Peterson J, Hoffman J, Parsons R, Baden-Tillson H, Pfannkoch C, Rogers YH, Smith HO
PMID: 15001713
Nature. 2002-10-03; 419.6906: 512-9.
Genome sequence and comparative analysis of the model rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii yoelii
Carlton JM, Angiuoli SV, Suh BB, Kooij TW, Pertea M, Silva JC, Ermolaeva MD, Allen JE, Selengut JD, Koo HL, Peterson JD, Pop M, Kosack DS, Shumway MF, Bidwell SL, Shallom SJ, Van Aken SE, Riedmuller SB, Feldblyum TV, Cho JK, Quackenbush J, Sedegah M, Shoaibi A, Cummings LM, Florens L, Yates JR, Raine JD, Sinden RE, Harris MA, Cunningham DA, Preiser PR, Bergman LW, Vaidya AB, van Lin LH, Janse CJ, Waters AP, Smith HO, White OR, Salzberg SL, Venter JC, Fraser CM, Hoffman SL, Gardner MJ, Carucci DJ
PMID: 12368865
Nature. 2002-10-03; 419.6906: 531-4.
Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14
Gardner MJ, Shallom SJ, Carlton JM, Salzberg SL, Nene V, Shoaibi A, Ciecko A, Lynn J, Rizzo M, Weaver B, Jarrahi B, Brenner M, Parvizi B, Tallon L, Moazzez A, Granger D, Fujii C, Hansen C, Pederson J, Feldblyum T, Peterson J, Suh B, Angiuoli S, Pertea M, Allen J, Selengut J, White O, Cummings LM, Smith HO, Adams MD, Venter JC, Carucci DJ, Hoffman SL, Fraser CM
PMID: 12368868
26-Jul-2021
Press Release
Climate change and iron availability may drastically alter algae blooms in the Southern Ocean, trapping vast nutrients
Shifts in diatom population may have profound effects on global nutrient distribution and carbon cycling
09-Nov-2015
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JCVI Gala “2015: A Genome Odyssey” Celebrates Discovery
30-Mar-2015
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Science on the Sea Ice Edge
25-Feb-2014
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Amazon Expedition
04-Sep-2013
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Sampling: US to the Azores
18-Jul-2011
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What Happened to Sorcerer II?!?!
17-Nov-2010
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Starting the Atlantic Crossing
05-Nov-2010
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French Road Sampling Trip Saves Sorcerer II From More Rough Weather!
28-Oct-2010
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A Week Long Beat Down At Sea, All In The Name Of Science!
26-Oct-2010
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Go To Greece!
25-Oct-2010
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Second Leg of Greek Sampling
22-Oct-2010
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The Start of Greek Sampling and Rough Sampling Conditions!
15-Oct-2010
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Tourist in Turkey
14-Oct-2010
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Turkish Transect
13-Oct-2010
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Back To Sampling In The Black Sea and Rough Rough Weather
17-Sep-2010
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Italy: Sites and Sailing
10-Sep-2010
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10 Days of Italian Sampling Coming to a Close
31-Aug-2010
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Straits of Messina Transect
26-Aug-2010
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Naples Harbor Sampling
25-Aug-2010
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Italian Sampling Continues-Unique Animal in Italian Waters!
24-Aug-2010
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Mediterranean Sampling Season Starts
05-Aug-2010
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The Sorcerer II Sampling Process
29-Jul-2010
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Valencia, The Home Of Sorcerer II And Crew Since September 2009
26-Jul-2010
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Media Day Circus On Sorcerer II
20-Jul-2010
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Sorcerer II back at Sea!
15-Jul-2010
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The Re-Sampling of Blanes By Karolina Ininbergs
13-Jul-2010
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Tourist Time in Barcelona!
12-Jul-2010
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The Great Blizzard Sample of Lake Redon!
08-Jul-2010
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Lake Vilar, The Final Lake In Banyoles
07-Jul-2010
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Sampling of Lake Banyoles, The Home of the Olympic Rowing in 1992
06-Jul-2010
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Lake Sampling Starts with Lake Siso, Global Lake Sampling (GLS)
02-Jul-2010
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Back on The Road, Mar Menor to Blanes, Spain
29-Jun-2010
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Road Sampling Starts in Mar Menor, Spain
28-Jun-2010
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Return to Sorcerer II, The Mediterranean Season
28-Feb-2010
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High Impact Science in Antarctica
25-Nov-2009
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Station IV: The Ice Edge
22-Nov-2009
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Station III: approaching the ice edge
22-Nov-2009
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Station II, Inaccessible Island
19-Nov-2009
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McMurdo Sound
02-Nov-2009
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Christchurch, New Zealand
15-Jul-2009
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The Midnight Sun and Fermented Fish
10-Jul-2009
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ROAD TRIP! Watch Out Arctic Circle...the Sorcerer II Sampling Team is Coming Your Way!
01-Jul-2009
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The last leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, the Swedish Archipelago and the Gulf of Bothnia Sampling Transect
17-Jun-2009
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The Volvo Ocean Race
14-Jun-2009
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Heading to the Mother Land — Sweden
28-May-2009
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The Final Plymouth Sample
11-May-2009
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England, Here We Come!
11-May-2009
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Land Horta! The Sorcerer II on Faial Island, the Azores
27-Apr-2009
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Bermuda: Back to Where We Started
22-Apr-2009
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