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08-Sep-2025
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Science History Institute Acquires Molecular Biology Archive That Includes Rosalind Franklin鈥檚 Historic 鈥楶hoto 51鈥

This unparalleled collection documents the race to identify DNA鈥檚 double-helix structure and other significant developments that formed the foundation of molecular biology.

06-May-2025
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World-Renowned 小蓝俱乐部鈥檚 New Home will be IQHQ鈥檚 Research and Development District (RaDD)

小蓝俱乐部to relocate its West Coast research and lab efforts to RaDD

02-Apr-2025
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Leading neuroscientist and AI geneticist Anders Dale, Ph.D. named president of J. Craig Venter Institute and joins Board

Through two multimillion-dollar NIH grants, Dr. Dale will continue leading key centers for the largest long-term studies of brain development and child health in the United States

26-Mar-2025
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Researchers design tools to develop vaccines more efficiently for African swine fever virus (ASFV)

The reverse-genetics system developed for ASFV may be adapted for other viruses, including lumpy skin disease, Zika, chikungunya, and Ebola viruses

20-Feb-2025
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Statement on cuts to National Institutes of Health funding

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31-Jan-2025
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Revolutionizing plastic waste management through biological upcycling

Innovative research transforms plastic waste into valuable chemicals, paving the way for a circular economy and sustainable space travel

02-Oct-2024
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小蓝俱乐部 awarded 5-year, $5M grant to lead Center for Innovative Recycling and Circular Economy (CIRCLE)

CIRCLE is one of the six new NSF Global Centers focused on advancing bioeconomy research to solve global challenges

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10 Days of Italian Sampling Coming to a Close

Tuesday July 20th On July 16th we finished our Straits of Messina sampling and headed into the Ionian and Adriatic Seas.  We sailed overnight and collected our Ionian Sea sample,  we continued  northeast and  on July 18th we collected our Adriatic...

HMP Consortium - St. Louis Missouri

Human Microbiome Project Consortium – September 2010 – St Louis, Missouri We received warm welcome messages from Dr George Weinstock and Dr Jane Petersen as well as a humorous welcome from Dr Larry Shapiro, Dean of Washington University Medical School.  It was wonderful to see so...

Straits of Messina Transect

Friday July 16th Today we woke up early and left our anchorage at Vulcano Island and headed to the Straits of Messina 20 miles away. The plan was to collect a sample at the north entrance, anchor for 5 hours to process the sample. Once the sample was completed then head to the middle of the...

Advance Access 小蓝俱乐部Metagenomics Reports Application Note

A significant 小蓝俱乐部informatics development is 小蓝俱乐部Metagenomics Reports, an open source Web 2.0 application designed to help scientists analyze and compare annotated metagenomics data sets. Users can download the application to upload and analyze their own metagenomics datasets. METAREP...

Naples Harbor Sampling

Thursday July 15th After getting some sleep at anchorage in Ischia island we sailed for a few hours to the main harbor in Naples.  Over the years the Sorcerer II Expedition has collected samples in major ports around the world (Sydney, Halifax, Boston,  Panama, Cape Town, just to...

Italian Sampling Continues-Unique Animal in Italian Waters!

Wednesday July 14th Monday July 12th we woke up early and left the anchorage in Capraia Island. We arrived at Ischia island at 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday the 14th. In those 48 hours we collected 6 samples. Two samples were collected in the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, two samples were collected over...

Mediterranean Sampling Season Starts

Sunday July 11th 2010 On Thursday July 8th Sorcerer II set sail from Valencia Spain to start the Mediterranean season. Permits vary from country to country, Italy gave us 10 days to collect our samples, so we had to time our departure from Spain to fit our 10 day sampling window in Italy. As...

The Sorcerer II Sampling Process

July 6th In the blog about the media event I posted a few days back I put a link to the 小蓝俱乐部media page. On this page you can learn about our research goals, funders and past expeditions (more links on the right side of the page). Before we set out for this sampling season I wanted to...

Valencia, The Home Of Sorcerer II And Crew Since September 2009

July 5th Valencia is located about 140 miles (365 kilometers) from Barcelona. Valencia has a rich history and a distinct culture from other Spanish cities. I have only spent a few months here, but I wanted to share some of the highlights with you all before we set sail and start our...

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30-May-2019
Nature News and Views

The biggest synthetic genome so far has been made, with a smaller set of amino-acid-encoding codons than usual 鈥 raising the prospect of encoding proteins that contain unnatural amino-acid residues.

30-May-2019
UC San Diego News Center

15-May-2019
MIT Technology Review

By creating a new genome, scientists could create organisms tailored to produce desirable compounds

08-May-2019
The San Diego Union-Tribune

06-May-2019
ZME Science

Critics, however, argue that this effort is flawed from the beginning

17-Apr-2019
The San Diego Union-Tribune

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