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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),...
Venter Institute Studies Microbes Living in Air
(ROCKVILLE, MD, MARCH 7, 2005) — The J. Craig Venter Institute is launching a pilot project to better understand the diversity of microbes in urban air. In addition to more deeply characterizing the microbes we breathe every day, researchers anticipate that the results will provide information vital to designing systems that detect potentially dangerous biological substances in the air. We know that the air we breathe normally contains hundreds of microorganisms-bacteria, fungi, and...
Major New Policy Study Will Explore Risks, Benefits of Synthetic Genomics
ROCKVILLE, MD - June 28, 2005 — Today three organizations, the J. Craig Venter Institute (Venter Institute), the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), announced a new project to examine the societal implications of synthetic genomics, a new field involving the development of viruses and cells using designed and engineered DNA. The 15-month study will explore the risks and benefits of this emerging technology, as...
Venter Institute Announces Acquisition of the Norman Collection: The History of Molecular Biology
ROCKVILLE, MD — August 10, 2005 — The J. Craig Venter Institute (Venter Institute) today announced the acquisition of the Norman Collection of molecular biology archives from Christie's. The archive includes correspondence, galley proofs, photographs and laboratory notebooks from renowned scientists, such as Sydney Brenner, Francis Crick, Max Delbrück, Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, Linus Pauling, Max Perutz, Maurice Wilkins, and James Watson. The collection will be housed at the...
Key Genetic Mutations in Brain Tumors Identified by Scientists from J. Craig Venter Institute, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
ROCKVILLE, MD — September 26, 2005 — Scientists from J. Craig Venter Institute, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine identified three novel mutations in two receptor tyrosine kinases in glioblastoma tumors using high throughput sequencing. The mutations provide the potential for highly-targeted cancer therapies, as receptor tyrosine kinases can be targeted by either small molecules or antibodies. Results from the study will be...
UC San Diego Partners with Venter Institute to Build Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis
January 17, 2006 — Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will build a state-of-the-art computational resource and develop software tools to decipher the genetic code of communities of microbial life in the world's oceans. The new resource will help scientists understand how microbes function in their natural ecosystems, enable studies on the effect humans are having on the environment, as well as permit insight into the evolution of life on Earth. The UCSD...
The J. Craig Venter Institute, The University of Washington, and The Johns Hopkins University Initiate Resequencing and Genotyping Projects to Help Identify Critical Disease Pathways
ROCKVILLE, MD — February 6, 2006 — Scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute, the University of Washington, Seattle, and The Johns Hopkins University have initiated resequencing and genotyping research on five projects selected by the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), as part of the NHLBI's Resequencing and Genotyping Service (RS&G). The RS&G program was established to enable researchers to more rapidly identify disease...