Research
Overview
JCVI is a world leader in genomics with programs focused on improving understanding in areas of genomic medicine, infectious disease, microbial and environmental genomics, synthetic biology, and informatics. JCVI researchers boast a set of unrivaled accomplishments including: the first draft human genome, the first complete diploid human genome, the first human microbiome and environmental genomics programs, new and improved methods for isolation and detection of infectious disease agents, construction of the first synthetic cell, and construction of the first minimal cell. JCVI continues to push the boundaries of genomics to positively impact our world.
Research Highlights
Animal Microbiome Sciences focuses on studying the microbial populations that natively inhabit these animals, allowing us determine their...
The AIP is a new resource built with a modular, community-extensible web-based interface that provides data retrieval, analysis, and...
Genomic science has greatly enhanced our understanding of the biological world. It is enabling researchers to "read" the genetic code of...
The world around us teems with life. But what we see with our eyes is not all that's there, nor all that is important. The unseen world...
The NIH Human Microbiome Project (HMP) was initiated to help determine the core human microbiome, to understand the changes in the human...
As a leading genomics research organization, the J. Craig Venter Institute has numerous projects and programs that are focused on this...
The new minimal synthetic cell contains only 531,000 base pairs and just 473 genes making it the smallest genome of any self-replicating...
In recent years, a range of genetic engineering techniques referred to “synthetic biology” has significantly expanded the tool kit...
Results of a 20-month examination of the safety and security concerns posed by synthetic genomics, by a core group of 18 individuals with a...