Environmental Sustainability
Now more than ever our environment is at risk because of increasing population and climate change. Ocean microplastics and nitrogen runoff from fertilizer are wreaking ecologic havoc. JCVI is using DNA sequencing and analysis along with synthetic biology techniques to harness microbes for uses such as plastic degradation and sustainable agriculture. We also continue to monitor, analyze and better understand the microbes inhabiting the global oceans to develop new improved biofuels and monitor the health of this important asset.
Global Ocean Sampling Expedition (GOS)
Eliminating Ocean Microplastics with Microbes
Engineering a Mobile Exo-Symbiont for Crop Improvement
Engineering Diatoms to Optimize Production of Desired Products
Molecular Toolkit for Diatom Genetic Engineering
Global Ocean Sampling Expedition (GOS)
Minimal Carnivorous Plant Genomes
Improving Algal Genetics for Biofuels and Biological Chemical Production
Diatom Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms
Co-Evolution of Planet and Biota
Nitrifying Archaea and Bacteria
Using Nature’s Resources for More Sustainable Agriculture
Virulence and Drug Resistance of Burkholderia Isolated from ISS
Characterizing the Microbial Communities in Caribbean Environments
Assembly-Enabled Genome-Resolved Examinations of Microbiomes
Willow as a Potential Bioenergy Crop
Shrub willow, a close relative to weeping willow, is a short-rotation woody crop that can produce large amounts of renewable biomass and is a potential bioenergy crop.
Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project
This project utilizes genomics approaches to confirm the identity of the remains purported to be that of Leonardo da Vinci as well as to characterize the microbial population on aging artwork.
Diatoms Have Found a Way to Pirate Bacterial Iron Sources, JCVI Scientists use CRISPR Technology to Discover How
Domoic Acid Decoded: Scientists Discover Genetic Basis for How Harmful Algal Blooms Become Toxic
Research into gene function in microalgae helps determine how toxins are made in oceanic harmful algal blooms
Scientists Discover Genetic Basis for Toxic Algal Blooms
Ocean Microplastics Explained
Dr. Venter at Sailors’ Scuttlebutt Lecture Series
Research Schooner Tara in San Diego Calls for Innovative Citizen Science and Oceanography 2.0
For in-depth evaluation of ocean health, biodiversity, and evolution
Ocean Sampling Day 2018
Researchers identify bacteria and viruses ejected from the ocean
Certain types of bacteria and viruses are readily ejected into the atmosphere when waves break while others less likely to be transported into the air
J. Craig Venter Institute Makes Strides in Microbial Analysis of Artwork which May Lead to Better Preservation Techniques
BioVision Alexandria 2018
Key Biological Mechanism is Disrupted by Ocean Acidification
Inability of phytoplankton to acquire iron imperils marine ecosystems
Signature Infiltration and Maintenance on Plasmid Elements creating a Forensic Microbial System (SIMPLE-FMS)
Arabidopsis Information Portal (Araport)
Maize Cell Genomics: Resources for Visualizing Promoter Activity and Protein Dynamics Using Fluorescent Protein Lines
Human Hair Microbiota
Medicago truncatula Genome Database
Medicago truncatula is a research model to study the process of nitrogen fixation, the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to plant proteins.