Out recently in Nature, a perspective piece on medical genome standards from IGI's Jennifer Doudna, Fyodor Urnov, Alex Marson, Brad Ringeisen, and collaborators. 🧬 Read here: https://ow.ly/HSXz50Zn0z7

Managing invasive species... with genome editing? 🐀 In a recent paper, IGI researchers design a new approach to controlling invasive rodent populations: Y-linked genome editors. Read more: https://ow.ly/gB9L50Zs8oh

🌱🌍 Published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering, "Genome engineering of plant photosynthesis for carbon sequestration" from IGI researchers from co-first authors Evan Groover and Flora Zhiqi Wang, and the Savage Lab, Niyogi & Lemaux labs! Read here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44222-026-00453-3

A new multi-institutional initiative funded by ARPA-H through its THRIVE program is developing affordable gene-editing therapies for inborn errors of immunity in children. The award of up to $27.7M supports a platform approach to rapidly treat inborn errors of immunity: https://ow.ly/1MfE50ZsZEh

At the IGI, we're using #robotics to accelerate research in critical areas like #Parkinson's disease. Learn more about one of our favorite robots and how IGI's Hanqin Li, Tomy Tran, and Dirk Hockemeyer are changing neurodegenerative disease research: https://ow.ly/RpMM50Zm85m

We're thrilled to officially welcome UC San Diego as an IGI partner campus! We're working to jointly develop cutting-edge genomic tools for addressing large-scale challenges in health and the environment. Read more about our plans: https://ow.ly/My0h50Zp8Lj

Out recently in Nature, new research from Jennifer Doudna, postdoc @jingkunzeng.bsky.social, and collaborators shows a #CRISPR-based method for selectively killing "undruggable" #cancers by recognizing cells with cancer-causing mutations and shredding their DNA. Learn more: https://ow.ly/NRss50Z8tQK

At the IGI, we're using #robotics to accelerate research in critical areas like #Parkinson's disease. Learn more about one of our favorite robots and how IGI's Hanqin Li, Tomy Tran, and Dirk Hockemeyer are changing neurodegenerative disease research: ow.ly/RpMM50Zm85m

🌱 New preprint from IGI's Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB): "Catch me if you can: Arabidopsis thaliana lags in adaptation to contemporary climate change." Read here: https://ow.ly/hQF850Zlj0f

🏅 IGI's Brian Staskawicz (right) and Venkatesan Sundaresan (middle) receiving their Wolf Prizes in agriculture, along with 2025 co-winner Jonathan DG Jones!

Jennifer Doudna on #CRISPR #entrepreneurship, the sense of discovery in research labs, personalized medicine, #AI in biology research, and more! In conversation with Bloomberg's Emily Chang. Watch here: https://ow.ly/Ws4A50ZgsYq

Through a series of talks, panel discussions, and case study analyses, participants examined key regulatory hurdles and explored risk assessment strategies for environmental applications of genetically engineered microorganisms.

Modifying the genomes of microorganisms holds tremendous promise — from reducing greenhouse gas emissions to using fewer inputs to grow food. But we need clear, risk-based regulatory frameworks to translate this rapidly growing area of research into real-world applications.

The IGI Public Impact team’s Manar Zaghlula and Elizabeth Njuguna convened 50 regulators, innovators, and experts from 11 countries for a two-day workshop in Berkeley last week on an important topic: how do we create regulatory frameworks for genetically engineered microorganisms? #crispr 🧬🧪🦠

The IGI & Bakar Labs officially broke ground today on a new building, a world-class hub where scientific discovery, entrepreneurship & innovation can thrive together. https://innovativegenomics.org/news/igi-bakar-labs-building-groundbreaking/ #crispr UC Berkeley

New in Cell (Cell Press) from IGI's Alex Marson, using #CRISPR to study #HIV: "Systematic discovery of pro- and anti-HIV host factors in primary human CD4+ T cells." Read here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2026.03.046

Our work at IGI is stronger thanks to the hard work and brilliant insights of researchers from around the globe! Case in point: IGI's Director of Technology & Translation, Fyodor Urnov, celebrated in Forbes 250: America's Most Successful Immigrants. Read more: https://ow.ly/fK6x50ZacE5

Out today in Nature, new research from Jennifer Doudna, postdoc @jingkunzeng.bsky.social, and collaborators shows a #CRISPR-based method for selectively killing "undruggable" #cancers by recognizing cells with cancer-causing mutations and shredding their DNA. Learn more: https://ow.ly/NRss50Z8tQK

Coming up Tuesday, June 2 at 2 PM Pacific — Tandy Warnow of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will be giving a seminar on new methods for #microbiome analysis. Join us in Berkeley or on Zoom: https://innovativegenomics.org/events/seminar-series-tandy-warnow/

Coming up Tuesday, May 19 at 2 PM Pacific, David (Dudu) Burstein of Tel Aviv University will be giving a seminar on anti-defense systems in bacteria. Join us in Berkeley or on Zoom! More info: https://ow.ly/5UaV50Z0jvx

For four years, the IGI Communications team has been working with UC Berkeley student illustrator Kaylene Son to bring our research to life with illustrations! Here are just a few of the images she's created for us over the years. Congrats on graduating & we can't wait to see what you do next!

We're proud to share the 2026 #ASGCT Catalyst award with our collaborators at CHOP and Danaher, and even more proud to see Baby KJ thriving after receiving the first ever personalized #CRISPR therapy! Read more here: https://ow.ly/WmpP50YYtby

Editing genes in the liver with #LNP delivery is leading to impressive results for #RareDisease like ATTR and common health risks, like high #cholesterol. Learn about the latest #CRISPR clinical trials in our 2026 update: https://ow.ly/gYAz50YNc9h

Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12 at 2 PM Pacific, IGI's Brady Cress (Cress Lab) will give a seminar on a new method for editing genomes in #microbiomes. Join us in Berkeley or on Zoom! https://innovativegenomics.org/events/seminar-series-brady-cress/

Today (Tuesday), IGI's Spencer Diamond (Diamond Lab) will give a seminar on modulating #microbiome collective behavior. Join us in Berkeley or on Zoom! https://innovativegenomics.org/events/seminar-series-spencer-diamond/

#Immunotherapy forever changed #cancer treatment — and now #CRISPR is changing immunotherapy. Get the latest on CAR-T and more in our Q&A with UCSF cancer researcher & IGI Investigator Justin Eyquem. Read here: https://ow.ly/181s50YNHCK

Coming up next month, a photo exhibit at SF MOMA will feature female founders, including IGI entrepreneurial fellowship alums Derfogail Delcassion and Judee Sharon (pictured)! Learn more or get tickets: https://luma.com/diversify-sfmoma

#CRISPR could change the game for #cardiovascular care. Learn about the latest clinical trials testing genome-editing solutions to high cholesterol & other heart health risks in our 2026 CRISPR clinical trials review. Read here: https://ow.ly/gYAz50YNc9h

Chemistry Nobel Laureates Jennifer Doudna, David MacMillan, and Omar Yaghi on failure, success, and how "good chemistry" leads to good science! Read here: https://ow.ly/yQA250YN8N0

This Thursday, April 16 at 10:30 AM Pacific, Addmore Shonhai of University of Venda will give a seminar on heat shock proteins and infections, and the potential to target Hsp70 as a #malaria treatment. Join us in Berkeley or on Zoom! More info here: https://ow.ly/3vPa50YItgn