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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...
J. Craig Venter Science Foundation Announces $500,000 Technology Prize for Advances Leading to the $1,000 Human Genome
ROCKVILLE, MD (September 23, 2003). The J. Craig Venter Science Foundation announced today a $500,000 Genomic Technology Prize. The prize, to be awarded one time only, is aimed at stimulating the scientific and technology research community to significantly advance automated DNA sequencing so that a human genome can be sequenced for $1,000 or less as soon as possible. The prize was announced during New Frontiers in Sequencing Technology session at the 15th annual Genome Sequencing and Analysis...
Dog Genome Published by Researchers at TIGR, TCAG
September 25, 2003 Rockville, MD - Researchers at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG) have sequenced and analyzed 1.5X coverage of the dog genome. The research, published in the September 26th edition of the journal Science, asserts that a new method of genomic sequencing, partial shotgun sequencing, is a cost-effective and efficient method to sequence and analyze many more large eukaryotic genomes now that there are a number of...
UCSD-TCAG Collaboration to Focus on Transformation of Genome-Based Knowledge Into Health Benefits
LA JOLLA, Ca., Sept. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG) in Rockville, Md., today announced a formal collaboration in genomic medicine that combines large-scale human genome analysis with innovative medical research. Through this new collaboration, the two organizations will conduct genomic studies aimed at elucidating the links between multi-gene associations and the prediction and outcome of disease,...
NHGRI Funds Next Generation Of Large-Scale Sequencing Centers
BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 7, 2003 - The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) today announced the selection of five centers to carry out a new generation of large-scale sequencing projects designed to maximize the promise of the Human Genome Project and dramatically expand our understanding of human health and disease. "The historic effort to produce a reference sequence of the human genome was successfully completed in April 2003. But our work is far from over. There remains a...
IBEA Researchers Make Significant Advance in Methodology Toward Goal of a Synthetic Genome
ROCKVILLE, MD (November 13, 2003). Researchers from the Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives (IBEA), led by J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., have significantly advanced methods to improve the speed and accuracy of genomic synthesis. The IBEA researchers assembled the 5,386 base pair bacteriophage φX174 (phi X), from short, single strands of synthetically produced, commercially available DNA (known as oligonucleotides) using an adaptation of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), known as polymerase...
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 more...
HP and TCAG Collaborate to Advance Medical and Environmental Genomic Discovery in Life Science
BOSTON, Bio-IT World Conference + Expo, March 31, 2004 — HP and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG), a policy and research center affiliated with the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation based in Rockville, Md., today announced a formal research and development collaboration to further the goals of advancing medical and environmental genomic discovery in the life sciences. Serving as a real-world test and development environment for tools, systems, and technologies developed by...
J. Craig Venter Announces Consolidation of Three Research Organizations Into One New Not-For-Profit Organization — The J. Craig Venter Institute
(September 29, 2004) ROCKVILLE, MD — J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., today announced the consolidation of three not-for-profit research institutes into one institute, the J. Craig Venter Institute (Venter Institute). The new institute will continue the research and policy activities of the three merged institutes: The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG), the Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives (IBEA), and the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation Joint Technology Center (JTC). These...
Venter Institute to Sequence More Than 100 Key Marine Microbes in One Year
(February 24, 2005) ROCKVILLE, MD -- The J. Craig Venter Institute will sequence the genomes of more than 100 of the key marine microbes stored in culture collections around the world. Analyzing these genomes will help scientists understand the chemical transformations that occur within the major biogeochemical cycles vital to life. The data will also provide a baseline for interpreting the millions of new genes being discovered by the Sorcerer II Expedition (Sorcerer2expedition.org),...