Press Releases & Advisories
Scientists Work Together to Achieve Milestone Against Deadly Diseases
Solve 1,000 Protein Structures from Infectious Disease Organisms
A 'B-12 Shot' for Marine Algae? Scientists find key protein for algae growth in the ocean
Scientists have revealed a key cog in the biochemical machinery that allows marine algae at the base of the oceanic food chain to thrive. They have discovered a previously unknown protein in algae that grabs an essential but...
Richard H. Scheuermann, Ph.D. Joins J. Craig Venter Institute as Director of Informatics
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...[more]
Major networking opportunity: IMEx Consortium brings interactomes to light
Like people bustling around busy cities, the thousands of molecules inside our cells are constantly interacting with each other: turning each other on or off, working together, splitting up and networking. Understanding the...
NSF Provides Additional $5.9 Million to Support Five New BREAD Program Projects
Scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and the National Institute for Agronomical Research (INRA) will join forces to use new synthetic biology technologies to...
Salmon genome in final phases of completion
COLLABORATOR PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 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...[more]
JCVI Scientists along with International Team of Researchers Sequence the Genome of Model Legume, Medicago
Genome gives clues into legume evolution, and could provide means to better understand and better utilize closely related agricultural crops such as alfalfa[more]