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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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In the early 2000s, JCVI researchers pioneered in the exploration of the human microbiome, the community of microbes that live in and on the human body. Originally while at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR, now part of JCVI) Drs. Craig Venter and Hamilton Smith were awarded a grant from...
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As part of our continued effort to bring genomics to other communities, Alex Voorhies, Derek Harkins and Andres Gomez traveled to Durban, South Africa to lead a series of workshops on microbiome data analyses. The two days of presentations were made to students, postdocs and faculty at the...
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In the spring of 2016, JCVI partnered with Del Lago Academy to provide internships for some of its students. Junior Stephanie Mountain shares about her experience and what her time at JCVI taught her: Being an intern at JCVI was an amazing experience I will never forget. I learned so much...
JCVI’s Scientists Inspire the Next Generation!
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Zoo in You: The Human Microbiome Exhibit Opens in San Diego
On January 28, over 250 scientists, philanthropists and other STEM community notables, including JCVI CEO Council Member Reena Horowitz, came out to support the San Diego premier of the Zoo in You: The Human Microbiome exhibit at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. The Zoo in You is a new 2,000...
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2015: JCVI Marks Another Banner Year
A visual year in reveiw, including awards, grants, partnerships, and scientific advancements.
JCVI Promotes Science Literacy in the U.S.
The issue of our society’s science literacy continues to circulate through the media. Recently, reporters focused on results of the Pew Research Center’s Science Knowledge Quiz, which indicates that most Americans would score a grade of C on a basic science test. The gender and racial...
JCVI’s Global Voyage of Discovery Continues
Global Ocean Sampling Expedition Planned for 2016 Over the past 12 years, JCVI’s Global Ocean Sampling (GOS) Expedition has continued to explore all of the world’s oceans, along with major inland seas such as the Baltic and Mediterranean. The research team maintains ongoing...
JCVI Gala “2015: A Genome Odyssey” Celebrates Discovery
On October 24th, JCVI welcomed 200 guests to our third annual gala “2015: A Genome Odyssey.” Our annual gala has become a signature La Jolla event, and this year’s guests were not disappointed. Guests experienced an evening odyssey through land, sea and space interacting with JCVI...
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Can CRISPR help stop African Swine Fever?
Gene editing could create a successful vaccine to protect against the viral disease that has killed close to 2 million pigs globally since 2021.
Getting Under the Skin
Amid an insulin crisis, one project aims to engineer microscopic insulin pumps out of a skin bacterium.
Planet Microbe
There are more organisms in the sea, a vital producer of oxygen on Earth, than planets and stars in the universe.
The Next Climate Change Calamity?: We’re Ruining the Microbiome, According to Human-Genome-Pioneer Craig Venter
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Lessons from the Minimal Cell
“Despite reducing the sequence space of possible trajectories, we conclude that streamlining does not constrain fitness evolution and diversification of populations over time. Genome minimization may even create opportunities for evolutionary exploitation of essential genes, which are commonly observed to evolve more slowly.”
Even Synthetic Life Forms With a Tiny Genome Can Evolve
By watching “minimal” cells regain the fitness they lost, researchers are testing whether a genome can be too simple to evolve.
Privacy concerns sparked by human DNA accidentally collected in studies of other species
Two research teams warn that human genomic “bycatch” can reveal private information
Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome
The “pangenome,” which collated genetic sequences from 47 people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, could greatly expand the reach of personalized medicine.
First human ‘pangenome’ aims to catalogue genetic diversity
Researchers release draft results from an ongoing effort to capture the entirety of human genetic variation.
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