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The J. Craig Venter Institute receives a $50,000 Donation from Life Technologies Foundation to Support Genomics Professional Development for Teachers in the Washington, DC Metro area

ROCKVILLE, MD — March 25, 2010 — The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) announced today a $50,000 donation from the Life Technologies Foundation to bring the latest advances in genomics to teachers in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC through intensive professional development courses. JCVI has a long history of providing unique genomics educational opportunities for teachers and students through professional development activities, student internships, and hands on experiments...


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J. Craig Venter Institute's Professional Development Program to Train USDA Scientists on Latest Tools and Methods for Eukaryotic Genome Analysis

ROCKVILLE, MD — March 2, 2008 — As part of the ongoing mission to train and educate scientists on the latest tools, methods and advances in genomics, the J. Craig Venter Institute's (JCVI) Eukaryotic Genome Annotation and Analysis Team will travel to Lubbock, TX March 3rd-5th to train 40 United States Agriculture Department (USDA) scientists at the Agricultural Research Service. The training session will focus on the use of JCVI's eukaryotic annotation methods, and tools and...


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J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. Receives Double Helix Medal from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

ROCKVILLE, MD — November 12, 2008 — J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., Founder and President of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), was awarded the Double Helix Medal from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) on November 6th at a gala event in New York City. Dr. Venter received the Double Helix Medal along with Dr. James D. Watson for making each of their individual genome sequences available for scientific use on the Internet and for promoting awareness of the public health...


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CLC bio Signs Strategic Collaborative Agreement with J. Craig Venter Institute

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA — October 7, 2008 — CLC bio, a world leading full-service bioinformatics solution provider announced today an agreement with the J. Craig Venter Institute, a not-for profit genomic-focused research institute. The accord consists of a multi-year site license for the entire CLC bio bioinformatics suite of products. The goal is to implement CLC bio's enterprise solution as a scientific platform across all JCVI sites. This enterprise solution will provide...


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TIGR's Microbial Database contains a listing of microbial genome projects which have been completed, are underway, or are in the planning stage.

TIGR's Microbial Database contains a listing of microbial genome projects which have been completed, are underway, or are in the planning stage.


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TIGR's 6th complete genome in 2 1/2 years is published

TIGR's 6th complete genome in 2 1/2 years is published. Sequence data and related annotation for Borrelia burgdorferi can be accessed in our Microbial Database


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Perkin-Elmer, Dr. Craig Venter, and TIGR Announce Formation of New Genomics Company

May 9, 1998 NORWALK, CT and ROCKVILLE, MD, May 9, 1998 -- The Perkin-Elmer Corporation (NYSE:PKN), Dr. J. Craig Venter, and The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) announced today that they have signed letters of intent relating to the formation by Perkin-Elmer and Dr. Venter of a new genomics company. Its strategy will be centered on a plan to substantially complete the sequencing of the human genome in three years. The new company's goal is to become the definitive source of genomic...


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The database for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strain CDC1551 genome sequence is available.

The database for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical strain CDC1551 genome sequence is available.


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New version of Trypanosoma brucei web site with annotation reports, sequencing strategy, database search and more.

New version of Trypanosoma brucei web site with annotation reports, sequencing strategy, database search and more.


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Rice [Oryza sativa ] web site with annotation reports, database search and more.

Rice [Oryza sativa ] web site with annotation reports, database search and more.