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Leg 2: exploring the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center
Editor’s note JCVI Staff Scientist Erin Garza, Ph.D., was selected to embark on a unique research expedition aboard the HOV Alvin submersible, a crewed deep-ocean research vessel owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, that has brought explorers to extraordinary places for more than 50 years. During the deep-sea expedition, she will be collecting plastic samples from the bottom of the ocean and analyzing them using scanning electron...
Genomics Conference Expands Focus To New Frontiers of Research
September 12, 2003 Rockville, MD - The expansion of the genomics revolution into medicine, the environment, systems biology and an array of other scientific fields will dominate discussions among leading researchers at the 15th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference. GSAC 15, which is organized by The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), will be held in Savannah, GA, from September 21-24. The conference will feature presentations by some of the...
Claire Fraser, Ph.D. is named new TIGR President
September 21, 1998 ROCKVILLE, MD -- September 21, 1998 -- The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), the Nation's leading microbial genomics institution, announced today the appointment of Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D., as TIGR's new President. Dr. Fraser is replacing TIGR's founder, J. Craig Venter, who is now President of Celera Genomics Corporation. Her appointment is effective immediately. Dr. Venter served as TIGR's President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the last 6 years....
About the Genomic Center for Infectious Diseases
Overview The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) Genomic Center for Infectious Diseases (GCID) was established by the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop basic knowledge of infectious disease biology through the application of DNA sequencing, genotyping and comparative genome analysis. The central theme of the JCVI GCID is the application of innovative genomics-based approaches to study pathogens and determinants of their virulence, drug-resistance,...
Scientists Discover Genetic Basis for Toxic Algal Blooms
Scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have discovered how certain types of algal blooms become toxic, producing a harmful substance known as domoic acid. Microscopic view of domoic acid producing Pseudo-nitzschia diatom in a seawater sample from Monterey Bay, Calif. This diatom species, when in active growth typically typically forms long chains of individual cells. Credit: G. Jason Smith...
'Twas the night before Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the building All our creatures were stirring, even our mold; The dishes were placed in the incubator with prayer, In hopes that pure growth soon would be there; The scientists were nestled all close to their screens instead While swirls of DNA danced in their heads; My coworker in her labcoat, and I with my pipettor, Had just settled down for a long...
Strausberg, Leading Genomic Scientist, to Become TIGR's V.P. for Research
April 24, 2003 Rockville, MD - Genomics innovator Robert L. Strausberg, who directs the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Genomics Office, has been named as Vice President for Research at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR). Strausberg has played an important role in the development of innovative tools and technologies for genome research, both at the NCI - where he helped devise new ways to collect and apply genomic information that is important to cancer research - and...
IBEA Receives $3 Million Dept. of Energy Grant for Synthetic Genome Development
ROCKVILLE, MD--November 21, 2002 -- The Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives (IBEA) has been awarded a three-year, $3 million grant from the Office of Science, Department of Energy. The grant will be used for research to develop a synthetic chromosome which is a first step in the Institute's work toward developing cost-effective and efficient biological energy sources. Nobel Laureate Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., has joined IBEA as scientific director. "With fossil fuel consumption...
JCVI Researchers, as Part of NIH Human Microbiome Project Consortium, Publish Papers Detailing the Variety and Abundance of Microbes Living on and in the Human Body
ROCKVILLE, MD and LA JOLLA, CA — June 13, 2012 — Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) along with members of the National Institutes of Health-funded Human Microbiome Project Consortium (HMP), have published a scientific paper in the journal, Nature characterizing the human microbiome, the community of microbes that live in and on the human body. This research, the largest and most comprehensive study done to date on the human microbiome, has revealed an...
Presence of Staph Bacteria in Skin Microbiome Promotes Netherton Syndrome Inflammation
Netherton syndrome, a rare skin disease caused by a single genetic mutation, is exacerbated by the presence of two common Staphylococcal bacteria living on human skin, one of which was previously thought to only offer protective properties, report University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers. “Our study shows how closely tied the human genome is to the genetic information in our skin microbiome. This rare disease is due to a mutation in a human...