Celera Genomics

Celera Genomics was established in May 1998 by the Perkin-Elmer Corporation (now Applera Corporation), with Dr. J. Craig Venter from The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) as its first president. While at TIGR, Venter and Hamilton Smith led the first successful effort to sequence an entire organism's genome, that of the Haemophilus influenzae bacterium. Celera was formed for the purpose of generating and commercializing genomic information to accelerate the understanding of biological processes.

Genomes sequenced by Celera Genomics

Eukaryotes:

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• Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)
• Human genome
• Mouse genome