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12-Sep-2025
Press Release

Unveiling the secrets of an adaptable, ubiquitous ocean algae

Its DNA gives it broad range and critical importance in the current and future health of our oceans

08-Sep-2025
Collaborator Release

Science History Institute Acquires Molecular Biology Archive That Includes Rosalind Franklin’s Historic ‘Photo 51’

This unparalleled collection documents the race to identify DNA’s double-helix structure and other significant developments that formed the foundation of molecular biology.

06-May-2025
Press Release

World-Renowned J. Craig Venter Institute’s New Home will be IQHQ’s Research and Development District (RaDD)

JCVI to relocate its West Coast research and lab efforts to RaDD

02-Apr-2025
Press Release

Leading neuroscientist and AI geneticist Anders Dale, Ph.D. named president of J. Craig Venter Institute and joins Board

Through two multimillion-dollar NIH grants, Dr. Dale will continue leading key centers for the largest long-term studies of brain development and child health in the United States

26-Mar-2025
Press Release

Researchers design tools to develop vaccines more efficiently for African swine fever virus (ASFV)

The reverse-genetics system developed for ASFV may be adapted for other viruses, including lumpy skin disease, Zika, chikungunya, and Ebola viruses

20-Feb-2025
Released Statement

Statement on cuts to National Institutes of Health funding

Disruptions or reductions in funding may irreparably harm biomedical research efforts at J. Craig Venter Institute and in the broader research ecosystem

31-Jan-2025
Press Release

Revolutionizing plastic waste management through biological upcycling

Innovative research transforms plastic waste into valuable chemicals, paving the way for a circular economy and sustainable space travel

J. Robert Beyster and Life Technologies 2009-2010 Research Voyage Launch

After two years of intensive sampling in the waters off California and the west coast of the United States, the Sorcerer II Expedition embarked once again on March 21, 2009. Our destination: the Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas. Funded by generous donations from the Beyster Family Foundation...

30-May-2019
Nature News and Views

Construction of an Escherichia coli genome with fewer codons sets records

The biggest synthetic genome so far has been made, with a smaller set of amino-acid-encoding codons than usual — raising the prospect of encoding proteins that contain unnatural amino-acid residues.

30-May-2019
UC San Diego News Center

Public Health is the Next Big Thing at UC San Diego

15-May-2019
MIT Technology Review

Researchers have swapped the genome of gut germ E. coli for an artificial one

By creating a new genome, scientists could create organisms tailored to produce desirable compounds

06-May-2019
ZME Science

Hair claimed to belong to Leonardo da Vinci to undergo DNA testing

Critics, however, argue that this effort is flawed from the beginning

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