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J. Craig Venter Institute’s Mobile Genomics Lab Launches First School Visits in San Diego County
LA JOLLA, CA — May 14, 2013 — The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) announced today the launch of their mobile genomics laboratory program in the San Diego, California area. The DiscoverGenomics! Mobile Laboratory is a self-sufficient laboratory on wheels providing middle school students and teachers an opportunity to learn current bioscience concepts and to master the use of the cutting-edge laboratory equipment found in life science research facilities. Beginning...
Real Time Genomics and J. Craig Venter Institute Embark on Strategic Research Initiative
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, California, May 1, 2013 -- Real Time Genomics, Inc. (RTG), the genome analytics company, today announced a long-term strategic collaboration with the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research institute, aimed at understanding and analyzing the genetic changes that induced pluripotent stem cells may acquire during the process of differentiation. RTG and JCVI also announced today a collaboration to discover and validate highly accurate human...
Dr. J. Robert Beyster and Betty J. Beyster Make $2.5 Million Pledge to the J. Craig Venter Institute
LA JOLLA, CA — April 17, 2013 — The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) today announced that J. Robert Beyster and Betty J. Beyster will donate approximately $2.5 million to the Institute. The money will be used to support the completion of the new J. Craig Venter Institute sustainable laboratory currently under construction on the University of California, San Diego campus in La Jolla, CA. In recognition of this generous gift, the third floor ocean view conference room and terrace will...
Prepared Statement from J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., and the J. Craig Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics Vaccines, Inc. on the H7N9 avian flu strain in China
April 9, 2013 "In response to a request from the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), and after the H7N9 flu virus gene sequences were made publicly available through the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID), the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) and Synthetic Genomics Vaccines, Inc (SGVI) began working with Novartis to synthesize the genes of the new viral strain and supplied these...
Venter Institute-Led Team Recovers and Sequences Genome of Periodontal Pathogen from Biofilm in Hospital Sink using Single-Cell Genomics
LA JOLLA, CA — April 5, 2013 — A team of researchers led by scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has published a study outlining the recovery and genomic analysis, using single-cell genomic techniques, of a periodontal pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis, from a hospital sink. This is the first time that a single-cell genome sequencing approach was used to isolate and analyze a single microbe from a biofilm in a healthcare setting. The team, led by JCVI's Jeffrey McLean...
J. Craig Venter Named MRIGlobal 2013 Citation Award Winner
Kansas City, Mo. — The MRIGlobal Board of Directors and Trustees today announced that it will present its annual Citation Award this year to J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., one of the leading scientists of the 21st century. Dr. Venter is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of the J. Craig Venter Institute, a not-for-profit research organization dedicated to human, microbial, plant, synthetic, and environmental research. He also is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of...
Research Team led by JCVI Scientists Uncover More Complexity and Detail in Southern African Genomic Diversity
ROCKVILLE, MD — March 14, 2013 — A team of international researchers led by scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has published a study detailing the degree of genomic diversity of several southern Africa populations. These populations are some of the oldest human lineages but are also some of the most diverse because of the influx of outside non-African populations. The team, led by JCVI's Vanessa Hayes, Ph.D., published their study in March 14 edition of the open access...
Scientists, Including Team at J. Craig Venter Institute, Sequence and Publish More than 10,000 Influenza Genomes as Part of NIAID's Influenza Virus Genome Sequencing Project
ROCKVILLE, MD — January 10, 2013 — Scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), along with researchers at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and 44 academic institutions have sequenced and published more than 10,000 influenza virus genomes as part of the Influenza Virus Genome Sequencing Project (IGSP) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This important milestone was reached on...
J. Craig Venter Institute extends CLC bio site license through 2017
Aarhus, Denmark -- January 8, 2013 -- Today CLC bio, the global leader in commercial sequence analysis software, announced that the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has extended their site license agreement with CLC bio through 2017. JCVI has been utilizing CLC bio’s enterprise platform since 2009 and currently uses it on more than 30 research grants, including their work as part of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP). The HMP is a National Institutes of Health-funded project to catalogue...
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation identifies 16 leading scientists to pursue high-risk research in marine microbial ecology
Palo Alto, Calif. — The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced its Marine Microbiology Initiative investigator awards today, providing 16 scientists from 14 different institutions a total of up to $35 million over five years to pursue pioneering research in the field of marine microbial ecology. The funding will enable researchers to explore how the trillions upon trillions of microscopic organisms at the base of the ocean’s food webs interact with each other and their...