J. Craig Venter, PhD

Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer

J. Craig Venter, PhD, is regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 21st century for his numerous invaluable contributions to genomic research. Dr. Venter is founder, chairman, and CEO of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit, research organization with approximately 120 scientists and staff dedicated to human, microbial, synthetic, and environmental genomic research, and the exploration of social and ethical issues in genomics.

Dr. Venter began his formal education after a tour of duty as a Navy Corpsman in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. After earning both a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and a PhD in physiology and pharmacology from the University of California at San Diego, he was appointed professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. In 1984, he moved to the National Institutes of Health campus where he developed expressed sequence tags or ESTs, a revolutionary new strategy for rapid gene discovery.

In 1992, Dr. Venter founded The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR, now part of JCVI), a not-for-profit research institute, where in 1995 he and his team decoded the genome of the first free-living organism, the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae, using the new whole genome shotgun technique.

In 1998, Dr. Venter founded Celera Genomics to sequence the human genome using new tools and techniques he and his team developed. This research culminated with the February 2001 publication of the human genome in the journal, Science. He and his team at Celera also sequenced the fruit fly, mouse, and rat genomes.

Dr. Venter and his team at JCVI continue to blaze new trails in genomics. They have sequenced and analyzed hundreds of genomes, and have published numerous important papers covering such areas as environmental genomics, the first complete diploid human genome, and the groundbreaking advance in constructing the first self-replicating bacterial cell using synthetic DNA.

Dr. Venter is one of the most frequently cited scientists, and the author of more than 280 research articles. He is also the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, public honors, and scientific awards, including the 2008 United States National Medal of Science, the 2002 Gairdner Foundation International Award, the 2001 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, and the King Faisal International Award for Science. Dr. Venter is a member of numerous prestigious scientific organizations including the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Society for Microbiology.

Dr. Venter is also a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded several companies including Synthetic Genomics, Inc., now Viridos and Human Longevity, Inc. (HLI).

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Publications

Cell. 2022-07-21; 185.15: 2708-2724.
Synthetic chromosomes, genomes, viruses, and cells
Venter JC, Glass JI, Hutchison CA, Vashee S
PMID: 35868275
Nature biotechnology. 2021-08-01; 39.8: 1017.
Publisher Correction: Voices of biotech leaders
Bosley K, Casebourn C, Chan P, Chen J, Chen M, Church G, Cumbers J, de Wouters T, Dewey-Hagborg H, Duportet X, Ene-Obong A, Elizondo A, Farrar J, Gates B, Gatto F, Giwa S, Godec J, Gold S, LeProust E, Lunshof J, Martucci E, Heath MM, Mellad J, Oudova V, Oxman N, Regev A, Richardson S, Scott CT, Sherkow J, Sibener L, Tarragó T, Terry S, Venter JC, Wang S, Wickramasekara S, Yadi H, Yang L, Zhao B
PMID: 34290438
Nature biotechnology. 2021-06-01; 39.6: 654-660.
Voices of biotech leaders
Abong AE, Bosley K, Casebourn C, Chan P, Chen J, Chen M, Church G, Cumbers J, de Wouters T, Dewey-Hagborg H, Ene-Obong A, Duportet X, Elizondo A, Farrar J, Gates B, Gatto F, Giwa S, Godec J, Gold S, LeProust E, Lunshof J, Martucci E, Heath MM, Mellad J, Oudova V, Oxman N, Regev A, Richardson S, Scott CT, Sherkow J, Sibener L, Tarragó T, Terry S, Venter JC, Wang S, Wickramasekara S, Yadi H, Yang L, Zhao B
PMID: 34113035
Cell reports. 2021-01-26; 34.4: 108670.
Inflammation-driven deaminase deregulation fuels human pre-leukemia stem cell evolution
Jiang Q, Isquith J, Ladel L, Mark A, Holm F, Mason C, He Y, Mondala P, Oliver I, Pham J, Ma W, Reynoso E, Ali S, Morris IJ, Diep R, Nasamran C, Xu G, Sasik R, Rosenthal SB, Birmingham A, Coso S, Pineda G, Crews L, Donohoe ME, Venter JC, Whisenant T, Mesa RA, Alexandrov LB, Fisch KM, Jamieson C
PMID: 33503434
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2020-02-11; 117.6: 3053-3062.
Precision medicine integrating whole-genome sequencing, comprehensive metabolomics, and advanced imaging
Hou YC, Yu HC, Martin R, Cirulli ET, Schenker-Ahmed NM, Hicks M, Cohen IV, Jönsson TJ, Heister R, Napier L, Swisher CL, Dominguez S, Tang H, Li W, Perkins BA, Barea J, Rybak C, Smith E, Duchicela K, Doney M, Brar P, Hernandez N, Kirkness EF, Kahn AM, Venter JC, Karow DS, Caskey CT
PMID: 31980526
Genome medicine. 2020-01-10; 12.1: 7.
An unsupervised learning approach to identify novel signatures of health and disease from multimodal data
Shomorony I, Cirulli ET, Huang L, Napier LA, Heister RR, Hicks M, Cohen IV, Yu HC, Swisher CL, Schenker-Ahmed NM, Li W, Nelson KE, Brar P, Kahn AM, Spector TD, Caskey CT, Venter JC, Karow DS, Kirkness EF, Shah N
PMID: 31924279
Nature communications. 2019-10-03; 10.1: 4505.
Interplay between the human gut microbiome and host metabolism
Visconti A, Le Roy CI, Rosa F, Rossi N, Martin TC, Mohney RP, Li W, de Rinaldis E, Bell JT, Venter JC, Nelson KE, Spector TD, Falchi M
PMID: 31582752
Cell metabolism. 2019-09-03; 30.3: 607.
Gut Microbiome-Based Metagenomic Signature for Non-invasive Detection of Advanced Fibrosis in Human Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Loomba R, Seguritan V, Li W, Long T, Klitgord N, Bhatt A, Dulai PS, Caussy C, Bettencourt R, Highlander SK, Jones MB, Sirlin CB, Schnabl B, Brinkac L, Schork N, Chen CH, Brenner DA, Biggs W, Yooseph S, Venter JC, Nelson KE
PMID: 31484056
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2019-04-30; 116.18: 8960-8965.
Functional characterization of 3D protein structures informed by human genetic diversity
Hicks M, Bartha I, di Iulio J, Venter JC, Telenti A
PMID: 30988206
Cell metabolism. 2019-02-05; 29.2: 488-500.e2.
Profound Perturbation of the Metabolome in Obesity Is Associated with Health Risk
Cirulli ET, Guo L, Leon Swisher C, Shah N, Huang L, Napier LA, Kirkness EF, Spector TD, Caskey CT, Thorens B, Venter JC, Telenti A
PMID: 30318341
ACS synthetic biology. 2019-01-15;
Direct transfer of a Mycoplasma mycoides genome to yeast is enhanced by removal of the mycoides glycerol uptake factor gene glpF
Karas BJ, Moreau N, Deernick TJ, Gibson DG, Venter JC, Smith H, Glass J
PMID: 30645947
American journal of human genetics. 2019-01-03; 104.1: 186.
Response to Whiffin et al
Shah N, Claire Hou YC, Yu HC, Sainger R, Caskey CT, Venter JC, Telenti A
PMID: 30609405
European journal of human genetics : EJHG. 2019-01-01; 27.1: 150-159.
Novel insight into the genetic basis of high-altitude pulmonary hypertension in Kyrgyz highlanders
Iranmehr A, Stobdan T, Zhou D, Poulsen O, Strohl KP, Aldashev A, Telenti A, Wong EHM, Kirkness EF, Venter JC, Bafna V, Haddad GG
PMID: 30254217
ACS synthetic biology. 2018-06-15; 7.6: 1538-1552.
Tuning Gene Activity by Inducible and Targeted Regulation of Gene Expression in Minimal Bacterial Cells
Mariscal AM, Kakizawa S, Hsu JY, Tanaka K, González-González L, Broto A, Querol E, Lluch-Senar M, Piñero-Lambea C, Sun L, Weyman PD, Wise KS, Merryman C, Tse G, Moore AJ, Hutchison CA, Smith HO, Tomita M, Venter JC, Glass JI, Piñol J, Suzuki Y
PMID: 29786424
Science (New York, N.Y.). 2018-04-20; 360.6386: 327-331.
Paternally inherited cis-regulatory structural variants are associated with autism
Brandler WM, Antaki D, Gujral M, Kleiber ML, Whitney J, Maile MS, Hong O, Chapman TR, Tan S, Tandon P, Pang T, Tang SC, Vaux KK, Yang Y, Harrington E, Juul S, Turner DJ, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Kaur G, Wang Z, Kingsmore SF, Gleeson JG, Bisson D, Kakaradov B, Telenti A, Venter JC, Corominas R, Toma C, Cormand B, Rueda I, Guijarro S, Messer KS, Nievergelt CM, Arranz MJ, Courchesne E, Pierce K, Muotri AR, Iakoucheva LM, Hervas A, Scherer SW, Corsello C, Sebat J
PMID: 29674594
American journal of human genetics. 2018-04-05; 102.4: 609-619.
Identification of Misclassified ClinVar Variants via Disease Population Prevalence
Shah N, Hou YC, Yu HC, Sainger R, Caskey CT, Venter JC, Telenti A
PMID: 29625023
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2018-04-03; 115.14: 3686-3691.
Precision medicine screening using whole-genome sequencing and advanced imaging to identify disease risk in adults
Perkins BA, Caskey CT, Brar P, Dec E, Karow DS, Kahn AM, Hou YC, Shah N, Boeldt D, Coughlin E, Hands G, Lavrenko V, Yu J, Procko A, Appis J, Dale AM, Guo L, Jönsson TJ, Wittmann BM, Bartha I, Ramakrishnan S, Bernal A, Brewer JB, Brewerton S, Biggs WH, Turpaz Y, Venter JC
PMID: 29555771
Scientific reports. 2018-03-12; 8.1: 4333.
Microbial metagenome of urinary tract infection
Moustafa A, Li W, Singh H, Moncera KJ, Torralba MG, Yu Y, Manuel O, Biggs W, Venter JC, Nelson KE, Pieper R, Telenti A
PMID: 29531289
Nature genetics. 2018-03-01; 50.3: 333-337.
The human noncoding genome defined by genetic diversity
di Iulio J, Bartha I, Wong EHM, Yu HC, Lavrenko V, Yang D, Jung I, Hicks MA, Shah N, Kirkness EF, Fabani MM, Biggs WH, Ren B, Venter JC, Telenti A
PMID: 29483654
EBioMedicine. 2018-02-15; 28.316-323.
Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) Use Modifies the Sulfation of Sex Hormones
Cohen IV, Cirulli ET, Mitchell MW, Jonsson TJ, Yu J, Shah N, Spector TD, Guo L, Venter JC, Telenti A
PMID: 29398597
Clinical and translational gastroenterology. 2018-01-18; 9.1: e132.
Genetic risk, dysbiosis, and treatment stratification using host genome and gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease
Moustafa A, Li W, Anderson EL, Wong EHM, Dulai PS, Sandborn WJ, Biggs W, Yooseph S, Jones MB, Venter JC, Nelson KE, Chang JT, Telenti A, Boland BS
PMID: 29345635
Nature reviews. Genetics. 2018-01-01; 19.1: 51-62.
Human gene essentiality
Bartha I, di Iulio J, Venter JC, Telenti A
PMID: 29082913
Neuron. 2017-11-15; 96.4: 730-735.
Building Bridges through Science
Lissek T, Adams M, Adelman J, Ahissar E, Akaaboune M, Akil H, al'Absi M, Arain F, Arango-Lasprilla JC, Atasoy D, Avila J, Badawi A, Bading H, Baig AM, Baleriola J, Belmonte C, Bertocchi I, Betz H, Blakemore C, Blanke O, Boehm-Sturm P, Bonhoeffer T, Bonifazi P, Brose N, Campolongo P, Celikel T, Chang CC, Chang TY, Citri A, Cline HT, Cortes JM, Cullen K, Dean K, Delgado-Garcia JM, Desroches M, Disterhoft JF, Dowling JE, Draguhn A, El-Khamisy SF, El Manira A, Enam SA, Encinas JM, Erramuzpe A, Esteban JA, Fariñas I, Fischer E, Fukunaga I, Gabilondo I, Ganten D, Gidon A, Gomez-Esteban JC, Greengard P, Grinevich V, Gruart A, Guillemin R, Hariri AR, Hassan B, Häusser M, Hayashi Y, Hussain NK, Jabbar AA, Jaber M, Jahn R, Janahi EM, Kabbaj M, Kettenmann H, Kindt M, Knafo S, Köhr G, Komai S, Krugers H, Kuhn B, Ghazal NL, Larkum ME, London M, Lutz B, Matute C, Martinez-Millan L, Maroun M, McGaugh J, Moustafa AA, Nasim A, Nave KA, Neher E, Nikolich K, Outeiro T, Palmer LM, Penagarikano O, Perez-Otano I, Pfaff DW, Poucet B, Rahman AU, Ramos-Cabrer P, Rashidy-Pour A, Roberts RJ, Rodrigues S, Sanes JR, Schaefer AT, Segal M, Segev I, Shafqat S, Siddiqui NA, Soreq H, Soriano-García E, Spanagel R, Sprengel R, Stuart G, Südhof TC, Tønnesen J, Treviño M, Uthman BM, Venter JC, Verkhratsky A, Weiss C, Wiesel TN, Yaksi E, Yizhar O, Young LJ, Young P, Zawia NH, Zugaza JL, Hasan MT
PMID: 29144972
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2017-09-19; 114.38: 10166-10171.
Identification of individuals by trait prediction using whole-genome sequencing data
Lippert C, Sabatini R, Maher MC, Kang EY, Lee S, Arikan O, Harley A, Bernal A, Garst P, Lavrenko V, Yocum K, Wong T, Zhu M, Yang WY, Chang C, Lu T, Lee CWH, Hicks B, Ramakrishnan S, Tang H, Xie C, Piper J, Brewerton S, Turpaz Y, Telenti A, Roby RK, Och FJ, Venter JC
PMID: 28874526
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2017-07-25; 114.30: 8059-8064.
Fast and accurate HLA typing from short-read next-generation sequence data with xHLA
Xie C, Yeo ZX, Wong M, Piper J, Long T, Kirkness EF, Biggs WH, Bloom K, Spellman S, Vierra-Green C, Brady C, Scheuermann RH, Telenti A, Howard S, Brewerton S, Turpaz Y, Venter JC
PMID: 28674023
Cell metabolism. 2017-05-02; 25.5: 1054-1062.e5.
Gut Microbiome-Based Metagenomic Signature for Non-invasive Detection of Advanced Fibrosis in Human Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Loomba R, Seguritan V, Li W, Long T, Klitgord N, Bhatt A, Dulai PS, Caussy C, Bettencourt R, Highlander SK, Jones MB, Sirlin CB, Schnabl B, Brinkac L, Schork N, Chen CH, Brenner DA, Biggs W, Yooseph S, Venter JC, Nelson KE
PMID: 28467925
BMC genomics. 2017-04-13; 18.1: 296.
Utilization of defined microbial communities enables effective evaluation of meta-genomic assemblies
Greenwald WW, Klitgord N, Seguritan V, Yooseph S, Venter JC, Garner C, Nelson KE, Li W
PMID: 28407798
Nature genetics. 2017-04-01; 49.4: 568-578.
Whole-genome sequencing identifies common-to-rare variants associated with human blood metabolites
Long T, Hicks M, Yu HC, Biggs WH, Kirkness EF, Menni C, Zierer J, Small KS, Mangino M, Messier H, Brewerton S, Turpaz Y, Perkins BA, Evans AM, Miller LA, Guo L, Caskey CT, Schork NJ, Garner C, Spector TD, Venter JC, Telenti A
PMID: 28263315
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.). 2017-04-01; 10.4: 226-234.
The Human Microbiome and Cancer
Rajagopala SV, Vashee S, Oldfield LM, Suzuki Y, Venter JC, Telenti A, Nelson KE
PMID: 28096237
PLoS pathogens. 2017-03-22; 13.3: e1006292.
The blood DNA virome in 8,000 humans
Moustafa A, Xie C, Kirkness E, Biggs W, Wong E, Turpaz Y, Bloom K, Delwart E, Nelson KE, Venter JC, Telenti A
PMID: 28328962
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016-10-18; 113.42: 11901-11906.
Deep sequencing of 10,000 human genomes
Telenti A, Pierce LC, Biggs WH, di Iulio J, Wong EH, Fabani MM, Kirkness EF, Moustafa A, Shah N, Xie C, Brewerton SC, Bulsara N, Garner C, Metzker G, Sandoval E, Perkins BA, Och FJ, Turpaz Y, Venter JC
PMID: 27702888
Scientific reports. 2016-08-25; 6.31731.
A robust ambient temperature collection and stabilization strategy: Enabling worldwide functional studies of the human microbiome
Anderson EL, Li W, Klitgord N, Highlander SK, Dayrit M, Seguritan V, Yooseph S, Biggs W, Venter JC, Nelson KE, Jones MB
PMID: 27558918
Scientific reports. 2016-08-04; 6.30714.
One step engineering of the small-subunit ribosomal RNA using CRISPR/Cas9
Kannan K, Tsvetanova B, Chuang RY, Noskov VN, Assad-Garcia N, Ma L, Hutchison Iii CA, Smith HO, Glass JI, Merryman C, Venter JC, Gibson DG
PMID: 27489041
Cell metabolism. 2016-06-14; 23.6: 949-950.
Dynamics of an Aging Genome
Telenti A, Perkins BA, Venter JC
PMID: 27304490
Science (New York, N.Y.). 2016-03-25; 351.6280: aad6253.
Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome
Hutchison CA, Chuang RY, Noskov VN, Assad-Garcia N, Deerinck TJ, Ellisman MH, Gill J, Kannan K, Karas BJ, Ma L, Pelletier JF, Qi ZQ, Richter RA, Strychalski EA, Sun L, Suzuki Y, Tsvetanova B, Wise KS, Smith HO, Glass JI, Merryman C, Gibson DG, Venter JC
PMID: 27013737
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015-11-10; 112.45: 14024-9.
Library preparation methodology can influence genomic and functional predictions in human microbiome research
Jones MB, Highlander SK, Anderson EL, Li W, Dayrit M, Klitgord N, Fabani MM, Seguritan V, Green J, Pride DT, Yooseph S, Biggs W, Nelson KE, Venter JC
PMID: 26512100
Clinical chemistry. 2015-09-01; 61.9: 1207-8.
The Sequence of the Human Genome
Venter JC, Smith HO, Adams MD
PMID: 26185218
Nature biotechnology. 2015-05-01; 33.5: 478-86.
CRISPR germline engineering--the community speaks
Bosley KS, Botchan M, Bredenoord AL, Carroll D, Charo RA, Charpentier E, Cohen R, Corn J, Doudna J, Feng G, Greely HT, Isasi R, Ji W, Kim JS, Knoppers B, Lanphier E, Li J, Lovell-Badge R, Martin GS, Moreno J, Naldini L, Pera M, Perry AC, Venter JC, Zhang F, Zhou Q
PMID: 25965754
Nature communications. 2015-04-21; 6.6925.
Designer diatom episomes delivered by bacterial conjugation
Karas BJ, Diner RE, Lefebvre SC, McQuaid J, Phillips AP, Noddings CM, Brunson JK, Valas RE, Deerinck TJ, Jablanovic J, Gillard JT, Beeri K, Ellisman MH, Glass JI, Hutchison CA, Smith HO, Venter JC, Allen AE, Dupont CL, Weyman PD
PMID: 25897682
Genome research. 2015-03-01; 25.3: 435-44.
Bacterial genome reduction using the progressive clustering of deletions via yeast sexual cycling
Suzuki Y, Assad-Garcia N, Kostylev M, Noskov VN, Wise KS, Karas BJ, Stam J, Montague MG, Hanly TJ, Enriquez NJ, Ramon A, Goldgof GM, Richter RA, Vashee S, Chuang RY, Winzeler EA, Hutchison CA, Gibson DG, Smith HO, Glass JI, Venter JC
PMID: 25654978
Nature. 2014-05-08; 509.7499: 168-9.
Synthetic biology: Construction of a yeast chromosome
Gibson DG, Venter JC
PMID: 24805340
Nature protocols. 2014-04-01; 9.4: 743-50.
Transferring whole genomes from bacteria to yeast spheroplasts using entire bacterial cells to reduce DNA shearing
Karas BJ, Jablanovic J, Irvine E, Sun L, Ma L, Weyman PD, Gibson DG, Glass JI, Venter JC, Hutchison CA, Smith HO, Suzuki Y
PMID: 24603933
Frontiers in microbiology. 2014-01-01; 5.369.
Rescue of mutant fitness defects using in vitro reconstituted designer transposons in Mycoplasma mycoides
Karas BJ, Wise KS, Sun L, Venter JC, Glass JI, Hutchison CA, Smith HO, Suzuki Y
PMID: 25101070
Journal of biological engineering. 2013-12-10; 7.1: 30.
Assembly of eukaryotic algal chromosomes in yeast
Karas BJ, Molparia B, Jablanovic J, Hermann WJ, Lin YC, Dupont CL, Tagwerker C, Yonemoto IT, Noskov VN, Chuang RY, Allen AE, Glass JI, Hutchison CA, Smith HO, Venter JC, Weyman PD
PMID: 24325901
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2013-06-25; 110.26: E2390-9.
Candidate phylum TM6 genome recovered from a hospital sink biofilm provides genomic insights into this uncultivated phylum
McLean JS, Lombardo MJ, Badger JH, Edlund A, Novotny M, Yee-Greenbaum J, Vyahhi N, Hall AP, Yang Y, Dupont CL, Ziegler MG, Chitsaz H, Allen AE, Yooseph S, Tesler G, Pevzner PA, Friedman RM, Nealson KH, Venter JC, Lasken RS
PMID: 23754396
Science translational medicine. 2013-05-15; 5.185: 185ra68.
Synthetic generation of influenza vaccine viruses for rapid response to pandemics
Dormitzer PR, Suphaphiphat P, Gibson DG, Wentworth DE, Stockwell TB, Algire MA, Alperovich N, Barro M, Brown DM, Craig S, Dattilo BM, Denisova EA, De Souza I, Eickmann M, Dugan VG, Ferrari A, Gomila RC, Han L, Judge C, Mane S, Matrosovich M, Merryman C, Palladino G, Palmer GA, Spencer T, Strecker T, Trusheim H, Uhlendorff J, Wen Y, Yee AC, Zaveri J, Zhou B, Becker S, Donabedian A, Mason PW, Glass JI, Rappuoli R, Venter JC
PMID: 23677594
Nature methods. 2013-05-01; 10.5: 410-2.
Direct transfer of whole genomes from bacteria to yeast
Karas BJ, Jablanovic J, Sun L, Ma L, Goldgof GM, Stam J, Ramon A, Manary MJ, Winzeler EA, Venter JC, Weyman PD, Gibson DG, Glass JI, Hutchison CA, Smith HO, Suzuki Y
PMID: 23542886
Genome research. 2013-05-01; 23.5: 867-77.
Genome of the pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis recovered from a biofilm in a hospital sink using a high-throughput single-cell genomics platform
McLean JS, Lombardo MJ, Ziegler MG, Novotny M, Yee-Greenbaum J, Badger JH, Tesler G, Nurk S, Lesin V, Brami D, Hall AP, Edlund A, Allen LZ, Durkin S, Reed S, Torriani F, Nealson KH, Pevzner PA, Friedman R, Venter JC, Lasken RS
PMID: 23564253
Nucleic acids research. 2012-11-01; 40.20: 10375-83.
Sequence analysis of a complete 1.66 Mb Prochlorococcus marinus MED4 genome cloned in yeast
Tagwerker C, Dupont CL, Karas BJ, Ma L, Chuang RY, Benders GA, Ramon A, Novotny M, Montague MG, Venepally P, Brami D, Schwartz A, Andrews-Pfannkoch C, Gibson DG, Glass JI, Smith HO, Venter JC, Hutchison CA
PMID: 22941652
ACS synthetic biology. 2012-07-20; 1.7: 267-73.
Assembly of large, high G+C bacterial DNA fragments in yeast
Noskov VN, Karas BJ, Young L, Chuang RY, Gibson DG, Lin YC, Stam J, Yonemoto IT, Suzuki Y, Andrews-Pfannkoch C, Glass JI, Smith HO, Hutchison CA, Venter JC, Weyman PD
PMID: 23651249
Nature methods. 2010-11-01; 7.11: 901-3.
Chemical synthesis of the mouse mitochondrial genome
Gibson DG, Smith HO, Hutchison CA, Venter JC, Merryman C
PMID: 20935651
Science (New York, N.Y.). 2010-07-02; 329.5987: 52-6.
Creation of a bacterial cell controlled by a chemically synthesized genome
Gibson DG, Glass JI, Lartigue C, Noskov VN, Chuang RY, Algire MA, Benders GA, Montague MG, Ma L, Moodie MM, Merryman C, Vashee S, Krishnakumar R, Assad-Garcia N, Andrews-Pfannkoch C, Denisova EA, Young L, Qi ZQ, Segall-Shapiro TH, Calvey CH, Parmar PP, Hutchison CA, Smith HO, Venter JC
PMID: 20488990
Nucleic acids research. 2010-05-01; 38.8: 2558-69.
Cloning whole bacterial genomes in yeast
Benders GA, Noskov VN, Denisova EA, Lartigue C, Gibson DG, Assad-Garcia N, Chuang RY, Carrera W, Moodie M, Algire MA, Phan Q, Alperovich N, Vashee S, Merryman C, Venter JC, Smith HO, Glass JI, Hutchison CA
PMID: 20211840
Science (New York, N.Y.). 2009-09-25; 325.5948: 1693-6.
Creating bacterial strains from genomes that have been cloned and engineered in yeast
Lartigue C, Vashee S, Algire MA, Chuang RY, Benders GA, Ma L, Noskov VN, Denisova EA, Gibson DG, Assad-Garcia N, Alperovich N, Thomas DW, Merryman C, Hutchison CA, Smith HO, Venter JC, Glass JI
PMID: 19696314
Applied and environmental microbiology. 2009-09-01; 75.18: 5821-30.
Discovery of [NiFe] hydrogenase genes in metagenomic DNA: cloning and heterologous expression in Thiocapsa roseopersicina
Maróti G, Tong Y, Yooseph S, Baden-Tillson H, Smith HO, Kovács KL, Frazier M, Venter JC, Xu Q
PMID: 19633107
Nature methods. 2009-05-01; 6.5: 343-5.
Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases
Gibson DG, Young L, Chuang RY, Venter JC, Hutchison CA, Smith HO
PMID: 19363495
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2009-02-10; 106.6: 1886-91.
Transcriptome-guided characterization of genomic rearrangements in a breast cancer cell line
Zhao Q, Caballero OL, Levy S, Stevenson BJ, Iseli C, de Souza SJ, Galante PA, Busam D, Leversha MA, Chadalavada K, Rogers YH, Venter JC, Simpson AJ, Strausberg RL
PMID: 19181860
Molecular systems biology. 2009-01-01; 5.330.
A systems biology tour de force for a near-minimal bacterium
Glass JI, Hutchison CA, Smith HO, Venter JC
PMID: 19953084
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2008-12-23; 105.51: 20404-9.
One-step assembly in yeast of 25 overlapping DNA fragments to form a complete synthetic Mycoplasma genitalium genome
Gibson DG, Benders GA, Axelrod KC, Zaveri J, Algire MA, Moodie M, Montague MG, Venter JC, Smith HO, Hutchison CA
PMID: 19073939
Science (New York, N.Y.). 2008-02-29; 319.5867: 1215-20.
Complete chemical synthesis, assembly, and cloning of a Mycoplasma genitalium genome
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Genome sequence of the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans R1
White O, Eisen JA, Heidelberg JF, Hickey EK, Peterson JD, Dodson RJ, Haft DH, Gwinn ML, Nelson WC, Richardson DL, Moffat KS, Qin H, Jiang L, Pamphile W, Crosby M, Shen M, Vamathevan JJ, Lam P, McDonald L, Utterback T, Zalewski C, Makarova KS, Aravind L, Daly MJ, Minton KW, Fleischmann RD, Ketchum KA, Nelson KE, Salzberg S, Smith HO, Venter JC, Fraser CM
PMID: 10567266
Parassitologia. 1999-09-01; 41.1-3: 69-75.
The malaria genome sequencing project: complete sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosome 2
Gardner MJ, Tettelin H, Carucci DJ, Cummings LM, Smith HO, Fraser CM, Venter JC, Hoffman SL
PMID: 10697835
Nature. 1999-05-27; 399.6734: 323-9.
Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima
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PMID: 10360571
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Chromosome 2 sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
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PMID: 9804551
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Complete genome sequence of Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete
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Shotgun sequencing of the human genome
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Genomic sequence of a Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi
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Sequencing the Human Genome

The human genome is the complete set of genetic information, stored as DNA within the nucleus of nearly every one of the trillions of cells in the human body. Every person’s genome is different and is a large part of what makes us unique individuals.

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Global Ocean Sampling Expedition
TEDxNASA@SilconValley — Craig Venter: Synthetic Life
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TEDMED — Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"
TEDMED 2009 — Craig Venter
TEDMED — Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life
TED — Craig Venter: A voyage of DNA, genes and the sea
24-Oct-2023
Noema

Planet Microbe

There are more organisms in the sea, a vital producer of oxygen on Earth, than planets and stars in the universe.

29-Aug-2023
Vanity Fair

The Next Climate Change Calamity?: We’re Ruining the Microbiome, According to Human-Genome-Pioneer Craig Venter

In a new book (coauthored with Venter), a Vanity Fair contributor presents the oceanic evidence that human activity is altering the fabric of life on a microscopic scale.

21-Aug-2023
GEN

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.”

08-Mar-2023
GEN

From Sequencing to Sailing: Three Decades of Adventure with Craig Venter

In a plenary public appearance at the Molecular and Precision Med TRI-CON event in San Diego, a relaxed Venter reflected on his career highlights, controversies and future priorities for genomic medicine.

21-Jul-2022
Press Release

Synthetic genomics advances and promise

Advances in DNA synthesis will enable extraordinary new opportunities in medicine, industry, agriculture, and research

05-Apr-2020
Deutsche Welle

Craig Venter: 20 years of decoding the human genome

The human genome is 99% decoded, the American geneticist Craig Venter announced two decades ago. What has the deciphering brought us since then?

17-Jun-2019
News Alert

J. Craig Venter will deliver the Mendel Lecture June 18th at the European Human Genetics Conference.

Craig Venter is the founder, chairman and CEO of the J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla, CA, United States. He will be giving the Mendel Lecture on Tuesday June 18 at 13.30 hrs. He talked to Mary Rice about his life and work.

30-May-2019
UC San Diego News Center

Public Health is the Next Big Thing at UC San Diego

19-Apr-2018
Collaborator Release

Variants in non-coding DNA contribute to inherited autism risk

These regulatory elements heighten risk -- and are inherited predominantly from the father

13-Jun-2012
Press Release

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

Study Represents Largest Group of Healthy Individuals Studied to Date

JCVI also Details its Metagenomics Reports (METAREP) Open Source Bioinformatics Tool

17-Sep-2010
Blog

Italy: Sites and Sailing

20-Aug-2009
Press Release

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

17-Jun-2009
Blog

The Volvo Ocean Race

24-Jan-2008
Press Release

Venter Institute Scientists Create First Synthetic Bacterial Genome

Publication Represents Largest Chemically Defined Structure Synthesized in the Lab

Team Completes Second Step in Three Step Process to Create Synthetic Organism

28-Jun-2007
Press Release

JCVI Scientists Publish First Bacterial Genome Transplantation Changing One Species to Another

Research is important step in further advancing field of synthetic genomics

29-Sep-2004
Press Release

J. Craig Venter Announces Consolidation of Three Research Organizations Into One New Not-For-Profit Organization — The J. Craig Venter Institute

The Center for Advancement of Genomics (TCAG), Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives (IBEA), and J. Craig Venter Science Foundation Joint Technology Center (JTC) consolidated to form J. Craig Venter Institute

13-Nov-2003
Press Release

IBEA Researchers Make Significant Advance in Methodology Toward Goal of a Synthetic Genome

Group Synthesizes Biologically Active Genome of Bacteriophage φX174

IBEA research, funded by Dept. of Energy, is an important advance toward the goal of a completely synthetic genome that could aid in carbon sequestration and energy production

21-Nov-2002
Press Release

IBEA Receives $3 Million Dept. of Energy Grant for Synthetic Genome Development

Hamilton Smith, M.D., Nobel Laureate, Named Scientific Director of IBEA