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21-Dec-2006
Collaborator Release

Of Jaws and Man

Initial decoding of elephant shark genome helps uncover ancient DNA in human genome

16-Oct-2006
Press Release

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 TCAG Division

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

04-Oct-2006
Collaborator Release

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

28-Aug-2006
Press Release

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

Researchers sequence the macronuclear genome of Tetrahymena thermophila, a model eukaryote

25-Aug-2006
Press Release

Surf's Up — And One Coastal Microbe Has Adapted

With new cyanobacteria genome, scientists find life really does differ at the coast

21-Feb-2022
Emirates Woman

Dr. Hend Alqaderi on paving the way for women in science in the GCC

Hend Alqaderi, a JCVI collaborator and mentee to Marcelo Freire receives the L’Oréal-Unesco Women in Science award

06-Jul-2021
Phys.org

Leonardo Da Vinci: New family tree spans 21 generations, 690 years, finds 14 living male descendants

The surprising results of a decade-long investigation by Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato provide a strong basis for advancing a project researching Leonardo da Vinci's DNA.

01-Jun-2021
The Scientist

Sailing the Seas in Search of Microbes

Projects aimed at collecting big data about the ocean’s tiniest life forms continue to expand our view of the seas.

13-Apr-2021
The Harvard Crimson

What the Public Should Not Know

J. Craig Venter, PhD, argues scientists have “a moral obligation to communicate what they're doing to the public,” and that more studies deserve greater public criticism.

29-Mar-2021
Science

Scientists coax cells with the world’s smallest genomes to reproduce normally

The discovery could sharpen scientists’ understanding of which functions are crucial for normal cells and what the many mysterious genes in these organisms are doing

23-Mar-2021
San Diego Union Tribune

San Diego arts, health, science and youth groups to share $71M from Prebys Foundation

The J. Craig Venter Institute is the recipient of three awards totaling more than $1.5M to study SARS-CoV-2 and heart disease

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