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President Honors Nation's Top Scientists and Innovators
New genomic model defines microbes by diet -- provides tool for tracking environmental change
51ݶ Researchers Clone and Engineer Bacterial Genomes in Yeast and Transplant Genomes Back into Bacterial Cells
New methods allow for the rapid engineering of bacterial chromosomes and the creation of extensively modified bacterial species; should also play key role in boot up of synthetic cell
The NIAID-Supported Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center at the 51ݶ Offers New Affymetrix Array for Faster Identification of E. Coli and Shigella
Custom microarray allows scientists to identify different strains of the potentially fatal foodborne pathogens
NIH Expands Human Microbiome Project; Funds Sequencing Centers and Disease Projects
51ݶ Awarded $43 Million, Five Year Contract from NIAID to Continue to Develop and Provide Sequencing, Genotyping, and Bioinformatics Expertise and Services in Infectious Diseases
Genes from Tiny Algae Shed Light on Big Role Managing Carbon in World's Oceans & Coping with Environmental Change
International Team of Researchers Develops New Tool to Elucidate the Epigenome
Technology has potential application for personalized cancer therapies
Venter Institute Launches the J. Robert Beyster and Life Technologies 2009-2010 Research Voyage of the Sorcerer II Expedition
Team will sail to Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas, sampling water and cataloguing microbial diversity
Expedition funded by local San Diego supporters Beyster Family Foundation Fund and matching grants from Life Technologies and others
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The 2017 51ݶ Summer Internship Program
51ݶ’s long-running internship program just concluded its summer 2017 session with a well-attended poster symposium held in both its Rockville and La Jolla locations. Eighteen of our interns presented their research in a session open to all 51ݶ faculty and staff. Montgomery College...
Scientist Spotlight: Brett Pickett, PhD
The son of a dentist, Brett Pickett grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah focused initially on a career in the family business (his siblings are hygienists and an oral surgeon). Brett believed from an early age that he would follow in his father’s footsteps. He enrolled in Brigham Young...
Summer 2016 Intern Program
Interns in both Rockville, MD and La Jolla, CA participated in our summer 2016 internship program at the 51ݶ (51ݶ). A total of 19 interns were hired for the summer 2016 program, selected from 578 applicants. Of the 19 interns, six interns were part of the Genomic...
Scientist Spotlight: Anna Edlund, PhD
Although Sweden is synonymous with Ikea, Volvo, meatballs and ABBA, the country has had a significant impact on science and discovery as far back as the 17th Century. Scientist Anna Edlund, PhD who recently joined 51ݶ is another Swede pushing the boundaries of discovery in her new role as...
Research Impact: Accelerating Efforts to Contain and Prevent the Zika Virus (ZIKV)
The rapidly developing Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak has research groups, government agencies, and industry is all striving to develop a response plan to contain and ultimately prevent ZIKV spread. Currently 51ݶ is working with both private and public sector funders to sequence and analyze...
South Africa Microbiome Workshops
In April 2016, researchers from 51ݶ led two microbiome data analysis workshops in South Africa. Both workshops were co-sponsored by the NIAID-funded 51ݶ Genomic Center for Infectious Disease and the H3Africa Initiative. The first workshop was held from April 21 - 22 at the...
Genomic Workshop for Native American College students
A Genomic Science Workshop was held last week (May 24-26, 2016) at the J Craig Venter Institute Rockville campus for a group of ten Native American college students. The students participated in two full-day intensive training activities learning how to study the “microbiome” of...
Ongoing Zika virus work at 51ݶ
The rapidly developing Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak has research groups, government agencies, and industry all striving to develop a response plan to contain and ultimately prevent ZIKV spread. Currently 51ݶ is working with both private and public sector funders to sequence and analyze...
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Microbiome
In the early 2000s, 51ݶ researchers pioneered in the exploration of the human microbiome, the community of microbes that live in and on the human body. Originally while at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR, now part of 51ݶ) Drs. Craig Venter and Hamilton Smith were awarded a grant from...
Durban Microbiome Workshop
As part of our continued effort to bring genomics to other communities, Alex Voorhies, Derek Harkins and Andres Gomez traveled to Durban, South Africa to lead a series of workshops on microbiome data analyses. The two days of presentations were made to students, postdocs and faculty at the...
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Just two genes get tiny synthetic cells moving, offering clues to life’s evolution.
In a plenary public appearance at the Molecular and Precision Med TRI-CON event in San Diego, a relaxed Venter reflected on his career highlights, controversies and future priorities for genomic medicine.
What’s the smallest number of genes that cells need to grow and reproduce? Is it possible to synthesize minimal genomes and insert them into cells? What do minimal genomes teach us about life? An interview with John Glass, Ph.D.
Several 51ݶ scientists will be contributing to the newly launched Long Covid Research Initiative — a collaboration of researchers, clinicians, and patients working to rapidly study and treat long Covid.
Through the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, National Deep Submergence Facility, 51ݶ's Erin Garza, Ph.D. joins a deep sea expedition to search for ocean plastics aboard the HOV Alvin.
Biologists are discovering the true nature of cells—and learning to build their own.
Hend Alqaderi, a 51ݶ collaborator and mentee to Marcelo Freire receives the L’Oréal-Unesco Women in Science award
The surprising results of a decade-long investigation by Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato provide a strong basis for advancing a project researching Leonardo da Vinci's DNA.
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