The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)

Databases, bioinformatics

The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), which sequenced the first complete genome of a free-living organism in 1995, is a non-profit research institute that conducts research involving the structural, functional, and comparative analysis of genomes and gene products in viruses, bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes.

Claire M. Fraser (President and Director)
Aimee L. Turner (CFO)

J. Craig Venter (Chairman)
Claire M. Fraser
Rita R. Colwell
David C. Kiernan
Thomas Schneider
Hamilton O. Smith
William R. Harman
Juan C. Enriquez
Claire M. Fraser
Eric Eisenstadt
Aimee L. Turner
Damar Erb

9712 Medical Center Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
USA
Phone: +1-30-795-7000
Fax: +1-30-838-0208