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USA Science & Engineering Festival
What a great weekend! Thousands of people attended the USA Science and Engineering Festival. There were exhibits and performances for everyone, every age and every interest! Open for business! The...
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2011 Internship Program Updated
The 2011 JCVI Internship Program is open to accept spring and summer applications. The application process includes the submission of a resume, essay and transcripts as one PDF file via our online...
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A Look Back at 2010 at the JCVI…
As the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) soars into its 19th year, we reflect on the past year of highlights and accomplishments to mark the close 2010 and look forward to more significant scientific...
View ArticleThe Mobile Laboratory Hits the Road
After a hiatus this summer, the Mobile Laboratory hit the road again today for a trip to Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Driving through the rolling hills of northern Maryland into southeastern Pennsylvania,...
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The Hill School: Day 1
DiscoverGenomics! Mobile Laboratory at the Hill School The day started early with reagent and lab preparation before we even left for school OR had coffee. We expected to do over 100 DNA Extractions...
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The Hill School: Day 2
The day started early Tuesday with first period. Thirty eager students arrived on the bus to determine the results of the amplification of the DNA they extracted the day before. The PCR ran...
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The Mobile Lab Is Going to Sunny San Diego
Late one evening in January 2006, the mobile lab pulled into the parking lot at 9704 Medical Center Drive. It was such an exciting evening!! Within a few days, we had all the lab supplies on it and...
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2012 JCVI Internship Program Is Now Accepting New Applications
Wow! Another year has gone by. Its hard to think it is November – almost December with the warm weather we have been enjoying. However it did not start that way. Halloween Snow in Maryland! The 2012...
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JCVI Internship Information for 2013 Is Ready
We are now accepting applications for the 2013 Summer Internship Program. We are excited to be able to continue to inspire young scientists! Last year, we received 546 applications. Of which,...
View ArticleThe Next Generation Science Standards are Ready for Review
The second draft is ready for public comment through January 29th. Please be sure to take some time to review. http://www.nextgenscience.org/next-generation-science-standards
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Thule, Greenland – Day One
Arrived at Thule, Greenland after a 5 hr flight from Copenhagen. It was pretty interesting seeing a long line of people all getting on a flight that was headed to a part of the world that usually has...
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Thule, Greenland – Day Three
Day three started with me missing breakfast. It seems that folks around here only eat breakfast between 5am and 8am. Today was a very rough day for sampling. About an hour drive to the area near the...
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Plant Bioinformatics Workshop
JCVI recently held its 3rd Annual Plant Bioinformatics Workshop from July 15-19th. During the week-long workshop, 20 scientists from the Plant Research community visited JCVI and learned many aspects...
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The 2014 Summer Internship Application is Open and Announcing the Genomics...
The 2014 Summer Internship Application is now open. Last summer, we hosted 49 interns from a pool of 424 applicants. They presented their research in the First Annual Summer Internship Poster...
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JCVI Hosts South African Scientists to Share Microbiome Research Techniques
Two scientists from the University of Cape Town, South Africa have joined Dr. Bill Nierman’s lab for the next month as part of NIH’s Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Initiative, a...
View ArticleProfessional Development Opportunities this Summer
This summer we are offering two professional development workshops: GenomeSolver and Bioinformatics: Unlocking Life through Computation. Both explore bioinformatics, microbial diversity and the...
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H3Africa Update
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the UK-based Wellcome Trust, in partnership with the African Society of Human Genetics, developed a program to foster genomic and epidemiological research in...
View ArticleInternational Bioinformatics Workshop
20th International Bioinformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution & Molecular Epidemiology (VEME) on behalf of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology The International...
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2015 Advanced Genomics, Metagenomics, and Bioinformatics Workshop Wrap-up
I was lucky enough to help set up and plan a workshop covering genomics, metagenomics, proteomics and bioinformatics at the University of the West Indies campus in St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago...
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Animal Forensics and Molecular Biology Techniques
A one-day high school workshop for New Hampton School’s Project Week Hosted by the J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland – March 11, 2015 Every March, the New Hampton School, an independent...
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