J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. to Receive National Medal of Science From President Obama

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. to Receive National Medal of Science From President Obama ROCKVILLE, MD — September 18, 2009 — J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., founder, president and chairman of the...[more]

President Honors Nation's Top Scientists and Innovators

President Obama today named nine eminent researchers as recipients of the National Medal of Science, and four inventors and one company as recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed...

New genomic model defines microbes by diet -- provides tool for tracking environmental change

J. Craig Venter Institute Researchers Clone and Engineer Bacterial Genomes in Yeast and Transplant Genomes Back into Bacterial Cells

New methods allow for the rapid engineering of bacterial chromosomes and the creation of extensively modified bacterial species; should also play key role in boot up of synthetic cell[more]

The NIAID-Supported Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center at the J. Craig Venter Institute Offers New Affymetrix Array for Faster Identification of E. Coli and Shigella

Custom microarray allows scientists to identify different strains of the potentially fatal foodborne pathogens[more]

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

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...[more]

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[more]

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...[more]