# J. Craig Venter Institute

the J. Craig Venter Institute remains the world centre for minimal-genome research, having built the JCVI-syn1.0 to JCVI-syn3.5 series and continuing to assign function to the "dark genes" still uncharacterised in the minimal genome.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/jcvi/
Updated: 2026-06-26

- Country: United States

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Affiliation | not-for-profit genomics research institute (501(c)(3) organization) | http://jcvi.org/about, https://www.jcvi.org/media-center/first-minimal-synthetic-bacterial-cell-designed-and-constructed-scientists-venter, https://www.jcvi.org/system/files/assets/news/JCVI-Fact-Sheet.pdf |
| Research focus | human genomics, microbiome, bioinformatics, synthetic biology, infectious disease, and microbial/environmental genomics | https://www.jcvi.org/media-center/leading-neuroscientist-and-ai-geneticist-anders-dale-phd-named-president-j-craig, https://www.jcvi.org/system/files/assets/news/JCVI-Fact-Sheet.pdf |
| Facility | La Jolla, California and Rockville, Maryland | http://jcvi.org/about, https://www.jcvi.org/system/files/assets/news/JCVI-Fact-Sheet.pdf |
| Grant | $2.4M NSF grant, $5M NSF grant (CIRCLE), $5.7M NIH grant, $5M Roddenberry Foundation grant, $43M NIAID contract, $200k St. Baldrick's Foundation grant, $4.7M NIDA grant | http://jcvi.org/about, https://www.jcvi.org/media-center/j-craig-venter-institute-receives-24m-grant-national-science-foundation-develop, https://www.jcvi.org/research/human-health |
| Publications | synthetic minimal bacterial cell (JCVI-syn1.0 to JCVI-syn3.5 series) and genomic research publications in top-tier journals | http://jcvi.org/about, https://www.dongascience.com/en/news/11123, https://www.jcvi.org/media-center/first-minimal-synthetic-bacterial-cell-designed-and-constructed-scientists-venter |
| Principal staff | J. Craig Venter (Founder, CEO, Chair), Anders Dale (President), John Glass (Professor/Director), Robert Friedman (Deputy Director) | https://www.jcvi.org/media-center/leading-neuroscientist-and-ai-geneticist-anders-dale-phd-named-president-j-craig, https://www.jcvi.org/research/human-health, https://www.jcvi.org/system/files/assets/news/JCVI-Fact-Sheet.pdf |
| Headcount | approximately 120 scientists and staff | http://jcvi.org/about, https://www.jcvi.org/media-center/leading-neuroscientist-and-ai-geneticist-anders-dale-phd-named-president-j-craig, https://www.jcvi.org/system/files/assets/news/JCVI-Fact-Sheet.pdf |

Independent sources: dongascience.com

## Technologies

- [Minimal genomes & synthetic cells](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/minimal-genomes-synthetic-cells/)