NIH Expands Human Microbiome Project; Funds Sequencing Centers and Disease Projects

J. Craig Venter Institute Awarded $43 Million, Five Year Contract from NIAID to Continue to Develop and Provide Sequencing, Genotyping, and Bioinformatics Expertise and Services in Infectious Diseases

Genes from Tiny Algae Shed Light on Big Role Managing Carbon in World’s Oceans & Coping with Environmental Change

International Team of Researchers Develops New Tool to Elucidate the Epigenome

Technology has potential application for personalized cancer therapies

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...

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