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First Self-Replicating, Synthetic Bacterial Cell Constructed by J. Craig Venter Institute Researchers
J. Craig Venter Institute Sells Buildings on Rockville Campus to BioMed Realty Trust for $53 Million
Institute to Remain on Campus via 10 Year Renewable Sale-Leaseback
The NIAID Sponsored Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center (PFGRC) at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) announces two day course, Introduction to Microarray Data Analysis
Multiple personal genomes await
JCVI Founder J. Craig Venter to be Honored by ARCS Foundation as Scientist of the Year
The J. Craig Venter Institute receives a $50,000 Donation from Life Technologies Foundation to Support Genomics Professional Development for Teachers in the Washington, DC Metro area
Program gives area teachers in-depth information about exciting advances in genomics
Hydra Genome Sequenced by J. Craig Venter Institute and Multi-National Research Team
Research marks a major step toward understanding the molecular "toolbox" of the animal kingdom's earliest common ancestors
Bacteria seen swimming the electron shuffle
Researchers have captured the bacterium Shewanella's behavior on film
Karen E. Nelson, Ph.D., Named Director of J. Craig Venter Institute Rockville, MD Campus
Nelson Joins Robert M. Friedman, Ph.D., Director of JCVI San Diego, CA Campus, as Senior Leaders Reporting to J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.
An agenda for personalized medicine
For seven diseases, 50% or less of the predictions of two companies agreed across five individuals; Companies should communicate high risks better and test for drug response markers; Community should study markers in all ethnicities and look at behaviour after tests
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Genomics of the Indoor Air Environment
Most of our life is spent in indoors, well-buffered from the constant changes in temperature, humidity, wind and light which shape life outside our homes and offices. It seems intuitive that the types of microorganisms which inhabit our indoor environment must be different from those on the...
Sorcerer II back at Sea!
June 13th 2010 After we collected and processed the sample from Blanes on May 26th we dropped off the collaborators on the dock, and set sail for France. After a overnight sail we reached our last Spanish sample site, it is in Spanish waters but monitored by French scientist. CTD...
The Re-Sampling of Blanes By Karolina Ininbergs
May 26th 2010 After docking in Barcelona and picking up Jeff, who just finished the lake sampling with Chris up in the Pyrenees, we headed north-east towards Blanes Bay. We were also joined by Bea Diez, her PhD student Roy McKenzie, Meri Antó and Vanessa Balague from ICM, Barcelona. It was...
BBMO — Blanes Bay Microbial Observatory
May 25th 2010 In 2008 I spent three months working at the Institute of Marine Sciences in Barcelona, hosted by Beatriz Diez in the Marine Microbiology group, headed by Carles Pedrós-Alió. One of the many microbial research projects at ICM is focused on environmental monitoring of...
Tourist Time in Barcelona!
May 20th 2010 After two weeks on the road, I am back on Sorcerer II as we prepare for the Mediterranean sampling season. We are docked in Port Olympic right in the heart of Barcelona. One aspect of this year's blogs is to share some of the experiences and places we get to visit. We are...
The Great Blizzard Sample of Lake Redon!
May15th 2010 We decided to do the 3 lakes in the Banyoles area first because the weather in the Pyrenees was so bad that we wouldn't have been able to get up the mountain to sample Lake Redon. Lake Redon is a pristine Alpine lake that is sampled weekly by Spanish researchers. On Tuesday May...
Lake Vilar, The Final Lake In Banyoles
May 10th 2010 On Monday May 10th we headed back to sample the last lake in the Banyoles area. Lake Vilar is another meromictic lake located about 1 kilometer (1/2 mile) from Lake Siso and has a maximum depth of 10 meters (32 feet). Sulfide is present during the entire year, although...
Sampling of Lake Banyoles, The Home of the Olympic Rowing in 1992
May 9th 2010 Sunday May 9th was a much better morning than the previous one. Emilio had taken us out to one of the best dinners I have ever eaten, plus the German teenagers were no longer patrolling the hallways all night long. So after a great seafood dinner and a good nights rest we drove...
Lake Sampling Starts with Lake Siso, Global Lake Sampling (GLS)
May 8th 2010 Early on Saturday May 8th Chris and I headed to the University of Girona, which is located about 69 kilometers (42 miles) from Blanes, to setup our sampling gear in a aboratory on campus. We were a bit exhausted from the long drive the day before and lack of sleep due to lots of...
Back on The Road, Mar Menor to Blanes, Spain
May 7th 2010 After a successful day of sampling in Mar Menor and a great local dinner of lobster paella, Chris and I loaded up the van and got back on the road early Friday morning. We had a 757 kilometer (470 miles) drive ahead of us to arrive in Blanes to meet with a team of collaborators...
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