Genomic Medicine
Infectious Disease
Microbial & Environmental Genomics
Plant Genomics
Synthetic Biology & Bioenergy
Policy Center
Informatics
Sequencing
Education

Group Leader
Richard H. Scheuermann

Overview | Team

JCVI Annotation Service

Comprehensive Microbial Resource

Human Microbiome Project

Microbial Sequencing Center

Metarep

Group Leader
Karen E. Nelson, Ph.D.

Overview | Team

Featured Highlights

Human Diploid Genome

HuRef Genome Browser

Human Microbiome Studies

Group Leader
William Nierman, Ph.D.

Overview | Team

Featured Highlights

Pathema: A Clade Specific Bioinformatics Resource

Genomic Sequencing Center

The Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center

Group Leader
Mark D. Adams, Ph.D.

Overview | Team

Group Leader
Kenneth Nealson, Ph.D.

Overview | Team | Projects

Featured Highlights

Global Ocean Sampling Expedition

Marine Microbial Genome Sequencing Project

Group Leader
Christopher Town, Ph.D.

Overview | Team | Projects

Featured Highlights

Castor Bean Database

Medicago truncatula Database

Rice Database

Group Leader
Hamilton Smith, M.D.

Overview | Team

Featured Highlights

First Self-Replicating Synthetic Bacterial Cell

Hydrogen from Water in a Novel Recombinant Cyanobacterial System

Group Leader
Robert Friedman, Ph.D.

Overview | Team

Featured Highlights

Synthetic Biology and the U.S. Biotech Regulatory System: Challenges and Options

Synthetic Genomics | Options for Governance

Group Leader
Lisa McDonald

Overview

Featured Highlights

Zoo in You

Science Education Program

Internship Program

Community

J. Craig Venter Institute Black Tie Gala

Thank you to our sponsors, special guest speakers, and honored attendees.

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Institute Highlights

Synthetic Biology and the U.S. Biotech Regulatory System

Report on Challenges and Options for Oversight.

Human Microbiome Studies

Collection of projects focused on microbial populations that natively inhabit the human body.

Scientist Spotlight

Meet Sarah Highlander, PhD
Professor, Genomic Medicine Group

News

11-Nov-2014
J. Craig Venter Institute Key Member of Team Awarded up to a 5-Year, $23 Million...

04-Nov-2014
Ebola, Marburg Viruses Edit Genetic Material During Infection

06-Oct-2014
NASA Selects New Science Teams for Astrobiology Research

02-Oct-2014
In-depth analysis of bat influenza viruses concludes they pose low risk to humans

09-Sep-2014
J. Craig Venter Institute Hires Nicole DeBerg as Chief Operating Officer

05-Jun-2014
J. Craig Venter Institute Awarded 5 year, approximately $25 Million NIH Grant to...

28-May-2014
Venter Institute-Led Policy Group Publishes Report on Challenges and Options for...

04-Mar-2014
Human Longevity Inc. (HLI) Launched to Promote Healthy Aging Using Advances in...

20-Feb-2014
McCarthy Completes Construction of J. Craig Venter Institute’s Landmark...

Publications

01-Nov-2014
The Social Structure of Microbial Community Involved in Colonization Resistance.

01-Nov-2014
Epithelial Innate Immune Response to Acinetobacter Baumannii Challenge.

01-Nov-2014
Response of Human Skin to Esthetic Scarification.

10-Oct-2014
Inactivation of Phaeodactylum tricornutum Urease Gene Using Transcription...