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J. Craig Venter Institute contracted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rapidly construct synthetic influenza genes
Rockville, MD—January 30, 2024—J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), led by Sanjay Vashee, Ph.D., has been contracted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rapidly build highly accurate influenza genes for use by the CDC to help design seasonal or pandemic flu vaccines. Using synthetic genomics techniques to build these genes reduces the overall time to develop flu vaccines. The base period for the contract is one year with an additional four option years. “Our team is...
Culture
Culture J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) culture is founded on the principles of respect and collaboration. We are focused on creating a community where everyone can share, learn, grow, and develop together in a productive manner. This is achieved by gathering feedback from our staff, providing learning and outreach opportunities, building awareness, and sponsoring employee engagement activities. Since our formation more than three decades ago, we have been...
Coastal upwelling regions threatened by increased ocean acidification
La Jolla, CA—November 10, 2023—Scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have for the first time shown that increased acidification of ocean water in an upwelling region reduces the availability of iron for phytoplankton, thereby threatening to reduce overall phytoplankton productivity. Given that phytoplankton sit at the base of the oceanic food web, acidification is a concern to all life in these...
1st Minimal Cell Workshop
View complete playlist for the workshop on YouTube. Day 1 — September 20, 2021 Time PDT Video Title Presenter Organization PI 5:00 - 5:15 Welcome and introduction John Glass 5:15 - 5:27 Restoring complete pyruvate hydrogenase gene to JCVI-syn3A increases growth rate as predicted by FBA whole cell computational model ...
2nd Minimal Cell Workshop
View complete playlist for the workshop on YouTube. Day 1 — September 22, 2022 Time PDT Video Title Presenter Organization PI 5:00 - 5:15 Welcome and introduction John Glass 5:15 - 5:30 Cell-free expression system derived from Syn3A cells Andrei Sakai Radboud University Wilhelm Huck ...
J. Craig Venter Institute scientists awarded five-year, $5.7M grant from NIH to develop phage treatment
Rockville, MD—September 12, 2023—The J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), led by Derrick Fouts, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $5.7M grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to develop a bacteriophage (or phage) therapeutic cocktail to treat infections caused by the bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae. Phages are viruses that only infect specific bacterial host cells. This work will be carried out in partnership with Mikeljon Nikolich, Ph.D. at the Walter Reed Army Institute of...
Bringing cells to life … and to Minecraft: $30 million NSF grant to support whole-cell modeling at the Beckman Institute
Researchers, policymakers, and Minecraft players can look forward to the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology’s newest research center. By Jenna Kurtzweil Supported by a $30 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant announced today, the NSF Science and Technology Center for Quantitative Cell Biology will create whole-cell models to transform our understanding of how cells function. With cutting-edge imaging and simulation tools, the center will advance the study...
NLM Selects Dr. Richard H. Scheuermann as Scientific Director for the National Library of Medicine
Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has named Richard H. Scheuermann, PhD, as NLM’s new Scientific Director following a nationwide search. Dr. Scheuermann is currently the La Jolla campus director at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). He is expected to begin his role as NLM Scientific Director on September 10, 2023. “NLM is embarking on a bold new direction to optimize NLM’s vibrant...
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