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Richard H. Scheuermann, Ph.D. Joins J. Craig Venter Institute as Director of Informatics
SAN DIEGO, CA and ROCKVILLE, MD — April 12, 2012 — The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) today announced that Richard H. Scheuermann, Ph.D. has joined the organization as the Director of Informatics effective May 1, 2012. He will be based in the San Diego, California facility and is responsible for leading and directing the informatics programs at both the JCVI Rockville, Maryland and San Diego campuses. "We are very pleased to have Richard as part of the JCVI team," said J. Craig...
Clyde A. Hutchison III named as one of Caltech's Distinguished Alumni Awardees for 2012
Clyde Hutchison is Distinguished Investigator in the Synthetic Biology Group headed by Hamilton Smith at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in San Diego. He received his BS from Yale in 1960 and his PhD in 1968 from Caltech, where he studied with Robert L. Sinsheimer. From 1968 to 2005, he was on the faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he collaborated with Marshall Edgell on early applications of restriction enzymes. While on sabbatical in Fred Sanger’s lab during 1975–1976, he...
Dr. J. Craig Venter named as one of the 2012 Dan David Prize Laureates
Laureates 2012 2012 Past - History/Biography Robert Conquest Martin Gilbert 2012 Present - Plastic Arts William Kentridge 2012 Future - Genome Research David Botstein Eric Lander J. Craig Venter
Salmon genome in final phases of completion
November 23, 2011 — The International Cooperation to Sequence the Atlantic Salmon Genome (ICSASG, the "Cooperation") has awarded the Phase II contract for next-generation sequencing and analysis of the Atlantic salmon genome to the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in Rockville, Maryland. The JCVI will be sequencing the salmon genome using next-generation technologies, including assembly to integrate Sanger and next-generation sequence, and comparative genomics. This effort is expected to...
JCVI Scientists along with International Team of Researchers Sequence the Genome of Model Legume, <em>Medicago</em>
ROCKVILLE, MD — (November 16, 2011) — Scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), along with a team of international researchers led by those at the University of Minnesota, have sequenced and published a draft genome of the model legume, Medicago truncatula, also known by its common name, "barrel medic". The results of this multi-year project were published this week in the online edition of the journal Nature. JCVI researchers, led by Christopher Town, Ph.D., played a...
Synthetic Genomics Vaccines, Inc. Hires Vaccine Executive Sammy J. Farah as President
LA JOLLA, CA — (September 29, 2011) — Synthetic Genomics Vaccines, Inc (SGVI), a privately held company focused on developing next generation vaccines using genomic sequencing and synthetic genomic technologies, announced today that Sammy J. Farah, Ph.D. has been appointed as president. Dr. Farah brings extensive vaccine expertise and over 15 years of scientific, business and executive management experience in the biotechnology industry to SGVI. "We are excited to have Sammy...
J. Craig Venter Institute Breaks Ground on La Jolla, California's First True Sustainable Laboratory Facility
SAN DIEGO, CA — September 20, 2011 — The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomics research institute, today held an official groundbreaking ceremony for their new California facility. The JCVI building, designed by ZGF Architects, will be a state-of-the-art, "ultra-green" 45,000 square foot, highly adaptable, wet laboratory and computational laboratory building on the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus. The building, slated to be completed in 2013,...
Mark D. Adams, Ph.D. Joins J. Craig Venter Institute as Scientific Director
ROCKVILLE, MD and SAN DIEGO, CA — July 12, 2011 — The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) today announced that Mark D. Adams, Ph.D. has joined the organization as Scientific Director effective immediately. Adams will be responsible for leading and directing all research efforts on both the Rockville, Maryland and San Diego, California campuses of the JCVI. He will be based in the San Diego facility. "I am thrilled to have Mark back on the team as he is one of the most...
J. Craig Venter Institute Signs MOU with University of Limpopo in South Africa to Extend Collaborations in South African Human Genomics and Prostate Cancer in Indigenous Populations
SAN DIEGO, CA — May 25, 2011 — The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the University of Limpopo (UL) in South Africa to expand ongoing research collaborations on a variety of levels including in human genomics and prostate cancer in indigenous African populations. The collaboration will be called the University of Limpopo (UL) — J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) Genomics Network. As part of the new relationship,...
J. Craig Venter Institute Scientists, Along with International Team, Uncover New Insights into Evolution of Diatoms and Reveal Evidence for a Urea Cycle used to Metabolize Carbon and Nitrogen
SAN DIEGO, CA — May 11, 2011 — Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) along with an international team of scientists have published a paper detailing new findings about marine diatoms showing that they utilize a urea cycle and that this cycle enables these organisms to efficiently utilize carbon and nitrogen from their environment. The paper is being published in the May 12, 2011 issue of the journal Nature. The research team, led by Andrew Allen from JCVI,...