Editing Craig Venter (section)

===J. Craig Venter Institute===
In 2006 Venter founded the [[J. Craig Venter Institute]] (JCVI), a nonprofit which conducts research in [[synthetic biology]]. It has facilities in La Jolla and in [[Rockville, Maryland]] and employs over 200 people.

In April 2022 Venter sold the La Jolla JCVI facility to the [[University of California, San Diego]] for $25 million. Venter will continue to lead a separate nonprofit research group, also known as the J. Craig Venter Institute, and stressed that he is not retiring.  The Venter Institute has out grown its current building with multiple new facility hires and will be moving into new space in 2025.<ref name="Robbins-2022">{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/story/2022-04-27/venter-research-institute-ucsd#:~:text=Craig%20Venter%2C%20the%20maverick%20biologist,San%20Diego%2C%20his%20alma%20mater.|title=Geneticist Craig Venter sells his La Jolla research center to UC San Diego for $25 million|last=Robbins|first=Gary|date=April 27, 2022|work=San Diego Union Tribune|access-date=April 28, 2022}}</ref>