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J. Craig Venter Donates Proceeds of King Faisal Science Award to TIGR to Fund Genome Sequencing of Deadly Cattle Disease
May 14, 2000 Rockville, MD -- The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), a not-for-profit research institute, announced today that Dr. J. Craig Venter, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Celera Genomics and Chairman of TIGR's Board of Trustees, who was awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Science (Biology), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2000, will donate proceeds of the award to TIGR. Dr. Venter is among three U.S. winners of the 2000 King Faisal International Prize...
World's Leading Genomic Researchers to Gather at 12th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference
PRESS RELEASE World's Leading Genomic Researchers to Gather at 12th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference June 5, 2000 ROCKVILLE, MD -- The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) announced today that it will hold its 12th Annual International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference (GSAC) on Tuesday, September 12 through Friday, September 15, 2000 at the Fontainebleau Hilton Resort and Towers in Miami, Florida. Recent advances in genomics are the primary focus of...
Countdown to GSAC 2000
September 05, 2000 ROCKVILLE, MD - The 2000 Annual Meeting of the International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference (GSAC) is nearly upon us. Beginning Tuesday, September 12 through Friday, September 15, nearly 3000 attendees from around the world will gather in Miami Beach, Florida to discuss recent advances in genomics and more. First held in 1989, GSAC has become one of the most unique and important meetings throughout the genome community attracting the world's leading...
TIGR and Multinational Consortia Announce Sequencing Results of First Genome of A Higher Plant
December 08, 2000 ROCKVILLE, MD - Researchers at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) together with two other teams of scientists join the National Science Foundation today in announcing their contributions to the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative (AGI), a multinational consortium of sequencing centers from the United States, Europe and Japan, which was created in 1996 to ensure timely completion of DNA sequencing of the five chromosomes constituting the Arabidopsis thaliana genome....
TIGR's founder and its Board chairman, J. Craig Venter, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."
TIGR's founder and its Board chairman, J. Craig Venter, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."
TIGR, IBEA, and TCAG to Create New High-Throughput Genomic Sequencing Facility
August 15, 2002 ROCKVILLE, MD--August 15, 2002--The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives (IBEA) and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG), all not-for-profit organizations supported by the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation, announced today their plan to create a next generation, high-throughput DNA sequencing facility in Rockville, Maryland. The sequencing of the first two genomes of free-living organisms in 1995 at TIGR paved...
Towards the $1,000 Genome: "Hot Topic" Added to TIGR Genome Conference
September 23, 2002 Rockville, MD - September 23, 2002 -- The potential for new genome sequencing technologies will be the focus of a newly added "hot topic" panel discussion - "The Future of Sequencing: Advancing Towards the $1,000 Genome" - that will be part of the opening plenary session of the 14th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference (GSAC 14), to be held in Boston from October 2-5, 2002. The panel will explore new DNA sequencing technologies that have the...
Scientists Decipher Genetic Code of Malaria Parasite
October 2, 2002 Rockville, MD - In a landmark contribution to the age-old battle against malaria, a consortium of scientists including The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) announced today that they have deciphered the complex genetic code of the parasite that causes the deadliest form of the disease. Malaria is one of the world's most devastating infectious diseases, killing more than a million people a year in developing nations. The scientific paper analyzing the genome of that...
Strausberg, Leading Genomic Scientist, to Become TIGR's V.P. for Research
April 24, 2003 Rockville, MD - Genomics innovator Robert L. Strausberg, who directs the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Genomics Office, has been named as Vice President for Research at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR). Strausberg has played an important role in the development of innovative tools and technologies for genome research, both at the NCI - where he helped devise new ways to collect and apply genomic information that is important to cancer research - and...
Genomics Conference Expands Focus To New Frontiers of Research
September 12, 2003 Rockville, MD - The expansion of the genomics revolution into medicine, the environment, systems biology and an array of other scientific fields will dominate discussions among leading researchers at the 15th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference. GSAC 15, which is organized by The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), will be held in Savannah, GA, from September 21-24. The conference will feature presentations by some of the world's...