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Venter Institute Launches the J. Robert Beyster and Life Technologies 2009-2010 Research Voyage of the Sorcerer II Expedition
Team will sail to Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas, sampling water and cataloguing microbial diversity
Expedition funded by local San Diego supporters Beyster Family Foundation Fund and matching grants from Life Technologies and others
J. Craig Venter Institute's Professional Development Program to Train USDA Scientists on Latest Tools and Methods for Eukaryotic Genome Analysis
PFGRC announces the deployment of a new web ordering system for Gateway® clones
Complete Genomes of All Known Human Rhinoviruses Are Published
First comprehensive sequencing and analysis of strains responsible for common cold and other respiratory illnesses, give clues to evolution and diversity of the virus
Research Teams at J. Craig Venter Institute and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Uncover New Chromosomal Alterations in Cancer Using Transcriptome Sequencing Approach
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds New Synthetic Biology Initiative to Examine Societal Issues
J. Craig Venter Institute Consolidates Sequencing Center and Reduces 29 Sequencing Staff Positions
New, More Efficient Technologies Require Less Machines, Less Space and Fewer People to Run
J. Craig Venter Institute Researchers Publish Significant Advance in Genome Assembly Technology
Advance Allows for More Efficient Construction of Synthetic Genomes
NIAID Microbial Sequencing Centers announced annotation Release 1.0 of the Ixodes scapularis genome sequence
The annotation was produced jointly by the J. Craig Venter Institute, the VectorBase Bioinformatics Resource Center, with support from the Broad Institute of Harvard/MIT.
J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. Receives Double Helix Medal from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Venter Shares Award with James D. Watson, Marilyn & James Simons and Sherry Lansing at Gala New York City Event
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Gulf of Tehuantepec
We spend the day transiting the famously capricious Gulf of Tehuantepec, but today winds were calm, and we were able to cut across the bay in good time. At the southern end of the gulf is an underwater seamount, so we maneuver the Sorcerer over the seamount in hopes of encountering an...
Acapulco Harbor, Mexico
There probably isn’t a harbor in Mexico more impacted by tourism and development than Acapulco. We pull into the stunningly beautiful harbor and sample in front of an area of high rise hotels. The depth of the spot we sampled is only 40 feet, so we just take a surface water sample. Of...
Sampling Blooms in Cabo Corrientes
Just south of Puerto Vallarta is Cabo Corrientes, and our satellite data indicate a large bloom extending 25 miles off the coast. As we enter the bloom the water turns an intense green, and there are numerous fish feeding in the area. Sampling conditions are ideal: bright sunshine, light...
Puerto Vallarta: Investigating the Influence of Coastal Development
Sampling today starts before sunrise when we arrive at Puerto Vallarta. In conjunction with our Mexican collaborators, we are investigating the influence of coastal development, particularly intensive tourism, on marine microbiota, so we take a sample of surface water in Banderas Bay and leave...
Strong Winds
Winds have picked up considerably in the last 36 hours, and tonight they are blowing in the 25 to 30 knot range, below gale force but still too strong to safely deploy our instrumentation. We sail past the plankton bloom near Cedros Island without stopping, but you can see the sparkle of the...
Blooms and Clear Skies
We left under clear skies and light winds, and within hours of heading out, we were sampling the waters off of the Coronado Islands near the US/Mexican border and plotting our sampling schedule for the next few days. The team passed around the latest satellite data from SeaWiFS, NASA’s global...
J. Robert Beyster and Life Technologies 2009-2010 Research Voyage Launch
After two years of intensive sampling in the waters off California and the west coast of the United States, the Sorcerer II Expedition embarked once again on March 21, 2009. Our destination: the Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas. Funded by generous donations from the Beyster Family...
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