New! A Eukaryotic Annotation Training Course is being offered for the first time at TIGR.

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), J. Craig Venter Institute, J. Craig Venter Science Foundation Consolidate into one Organization—the J. Craig Venter Institute

Research organization formerly known as Venter Institute is renamed The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG)

Claire Fraser-Liggett, Ph.D., is TIGR Division President, Robert Strausberg, Ph.D., is named President of...

X Prize Foundation Announces Largest Medical Prize in History

$10 Million Archon X PRIZE for Genomics Challenges Private Companies to Map 100 Human Genomes in 10 Days

His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, to Tour J. Craig Venter Institute

What’s Shaped Like a Pear and Has Two Genomes? Check The Pond.

Amid the murky water, you'd probably notice an oddly furry, pear-shaped organism gliding along—and gobbling up everything in its path. This tiny predator has a big name--Tetrahymena thermophila--and a big fan club among...

Surf’s Up—And One Coastal Microbe Has Adapted

California beachgoers may look lazy. But just a few miles off shore, scientists have discovered that a common coastal strain of cyanobacteria works diligently tothrive in choppy, polluted waters. In a study in this week's early...

Comparative sequence analysis of S. pneumoniae TIGR 4 and a set of diverse S. pneumoniae strains.

MultiExperiment Viewer (MeV) 4.0 with Linear Expression Map (LEM) Module Released

Proteomic analysis of cell envelope-associated proteins in a vancomcyin intermediate resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) strain

Surprising Symbiosis: Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Eats With Friends

Like a celebrity living on mineral water, the glassy-wingedsharpshooter consumes only the dilute sap of woody plants—including grapevinesin California,which is feverishly working to prevent the insect's flight into...