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Leading Department of Energy Genome Scientist to Direct Joint Marine Microbial Metagenomics Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
San Diego, CA — APRIL 27, 2006 — An experienced genomics science program administrator has been recruited to direct a $24.5-million effort to develop an innovative cyberinfrastructure that will allow scientists to organize and analyze a vast amount of data on the genomes and community ecologies of ocean-dwelling microbes. Paul Gilna will become the executive director of the Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (CAMERA)...
GCID Outreach: Training the Next Generation of Genomic Scientists
The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) Genomic Center for Infectious Diseases (GCID) was established by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) to explore disease biology through the application of nucleic acid sequencing and bioinformatics analysis tools. Throughout the history of the program, which is in its third iteration, GCID has been focused on expanding access to these technological platforms through education and outreach. To that end, we have devoted...
Dr. Venter Delivers UCSD 2015 School of Medicine Commencement
Full text for the address follows. J. Craig Venter, PhD, UCSD , 2015 School of Medicine Commencement Address Chancellor Khosla, Dean Brenner, Dean Savoia, UC Regent Charlene Zettel, UC Regent Sheldon Engelhorn, invited guests, families and graduates, thank you for inviting me to speak to you on your very special day, and Congratulations on making it to this momentous occasion! It’s always an honor for me to give commencement speeches but it’s especially gratifying...
Maryland-Based Research Lab Completes Study that is Likely to Lead to Development of Novel Meningitis B Vaccine
March 10, 2000 ROCKVILLE, MD -- Investigators at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) today announced that they have determined the complete genetic blueprint for Neisseria meningitidis, the primary causative agent of bacterial meningitis. Hervé Tettelin led the team at TIGR that determined the order of all of the 2.27 million individual chemical base units making up N. meningitidis' DNA. This study, reported in the March 10 issue of Science, represents the 10th microbial genome...
What's Shaped Like a Pear and Has Two Genomes? Check The Pond.
August 28, 2006 If you could peer microscopically into the closest freshwater pond, you'd hesitate before dipping a toe. Amid the murky water, you'd probably notice an oddly furry, pear-shaped organism gliding along — and gobbling up everything in its path. This tiny predator has a big name-- Tetrahymena thermophila --and a big fan club among scientists, as a star organism for research into how cells work. Scientists have now sequenced, assembled, and analyzed T. thermophila 's...
Genomic-Based Prospective Medicine Collaboration Announced by Duke University Medical Center and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics
5/29/2003 - ROCKVILLE, Md. and DURHAM, N.C. -- The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG) and Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) today announced a formal collaboration to create the first fully integrated, comprehensive practice of genomic-based prospective medicine. Through this new collaboration, Duke and TCAG plan to generate predictive and prognostic data on specific diseases that can aid both doctors and patients in the earlier detection and better treatment of these...
IBEA Researchers Publish Results From Environmental Shotgun Sequencing of Sargasso Sea In Science; Discover 1,800 New Species And 1.2 Million New Genes, Including Nearly 800 New Photoreceptor Genes
March 4, 2004 [14:00 EST] ROCKVILLE, MD — J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., president of the Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives (IBEA), announced today the publication of a scientific paper in the journal Science which details results from sequencing and analysis of samples taken from the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda. Using the whole genome shotgun sequencing and high performance computing developed to sequence the human genome, IBEA researchers discovered at least 1,800 new species and...
Minimal Cell Workshop
5th Minimal Cell Workshop The Minimal Cell Workshop virtual series is an annual event that brings together the worldwide community of researchers working with JCVI's minimized cell, JCVI-syn3.0 (or one of its variants). JCVI-syn3.0 is based on the naturally occurring Mycoplasma mycoides, but with roughly half as many genes. This model organism has proven to be a platform for exploring the first principles of life, a chassis for engineering, computational modeling, and more. Interested...