Innovative Genomics Institute
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
Using genome engineering to solve humanity’s greatest problems in health, climate & sustainable agriculture. UC Berkeley, UCSF, UC Davis. https://innovativegenomics.org/
With new funding from the Gates Foundation, IGI's Venkatesan Sundaresan &Myeong-Je Cho, will develop new self-cloning mustard and millet in collaboration with researchers in India. Learn more: https://innovativegenomics.org/news/expanding-self-cloning-crop-technology-for-indian-farmers/
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
With new funding from the Gates Foundation, IGI's Venkatesan Sundaresan &Myeong-Je Cho, will develop new self-cloning mustard and millet in collaboration with researchers in India. Learn more: https://innovativegenomics.org/news/expanding-self-cloning-crop-technology-for-indian-farmers/
Coming up today at 2 PM Pacific!
Coming up tomorrow, Columbia University's Jennifer Posey on assessing genotype-phenotype relationships in rare genetic disease. Join us in person on the UC Berkeley campus or on Zoom! Learn more and get location details: https://ow.ly/WRQl50Y7KNK
February 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Coming up today at 2 PM Pacific!
Coming up tomorrow, Columbia University's Jennifer Posey on assessing genotype-phenotype relationships in rare genetic disease. Join us in person on the UC Berkeley campus or on Zoom! Learn more and get location details: https://ow.ly/WRQl50Y7KNK
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Coming up tomorrow, Columbia University's Jennifer Posey on assessing genotype-phenotype relationships in rare genetic disease. Join us in person on the UC Berkeley campus or on Zoom! Learn more and get location details: https://ow.ly/WRQl50Y7KNK
Out today in Science Magazine, IGI’s Ben Williams is taking a novel approach to studying human aging and epigenetics: using the plant model organism Arabidopsis thaliana, which completes its lifecycle in just seven weeks. Read more: https://ow.ly/fP9A50Y5BqB
January 29, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Out today in Science Magazine, IGI’s Ben Williams is taking a novel approach to studying human aging and epigenetics: using the plant model organism Arabidopsis thaliana, which completes its lifecycle in just seven weeks. Read more: https://ow.ly/fP9A50Y5BqB
New research from IGI's Jonathan Braverman, on modifying doxorubicin to circumvent multidrug resistance in #cancer. Read here: https://ow.ly/43MZ50Y42yY
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
New research from IGI's Jonathan Braverman, on modifying doxorubicin to circumvent multidrug resistance in #cancer. Read here: https://ow.ly/43MZ50Y42yY
New from IGI's Venkatesan Sundaresan, a review of synthetic #apomixis: https://ow.ly/KzeN50Y428V
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
New from IGI's Venkatesan Sundaresan, a review of synthetic #apomixis: https://ow.ly/KzeN50Y428V
Today in Nature Communications, a team of IGI researchers from The Banfield Lab and Pam Ronald's labs uncover a new way to reduce methane emissions from rice by influencing the activity of rice paddy soil #microbes. Read more: https://ow.ly/45j150Y3WsI
January 26, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Today in Nature Communications, a team of IGI researchers from The Banfield Lab and Pam Ronald's labs uncover a new way to reduce methane emissions from rice by influencing the activity of rice paddy soil #microbes. Read more: https://ow.ly/45j150Y3WsI
With new support from Google.org's AI for Science Fund, IGI's Spencer Diamond, Rohan Sachdeva, Yun Song & Matthias Hess, have launched a new project to develop a #ML framework that can predict #microbiome behavior in animal agriculture. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/y7xctpp7
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
With new support from Google.org's AI for Science Fund, IGI's Spencer Diamond, Rohan Sachdeva, Yun Song & Matthias Hess, have launched a new project to develop a #ML framework that can predict #microbiome behavior in animal agriculture. Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/y7xctpp7
Did you know that the illustrations in our resources like CRISPRpedia are free to use for non-commercial, educational purposes? Check out our Science x Art page to see a selection of the amazing work from our designers and artists. https://innovativegenomics.org/science-x-art/ #SciArt
January 22, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Did you know that the illustrations in our resources like CRISPRpedia are free to use for non-commercial, educational purposes? Check out our Science x Art page to see a selection of the amazing work from our designers and artists. https://innovativegenomics.org/science-x-art/ #SciArt
A new preprint from The Banfield Lab looks at mobile genetic elements with single-cell precision. Read here: https://ow.ly/hFBX50Y0nQA
#microbiology
#microbiology
January 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM
A new preprint from The Banfield Lab looks at mobile genetic elements with single-cell precision. Read here: https://ow.ly/hFBX50Y0nQA
#microbiology
#microbiology
Exciting to see updates on this research, which Kelsey Hern started in 2023 as an entrepreneurial fellow at IGI! #microbiome
A team of scientists led by UC Berkeley is working on a system that uses probiotics, beneficial bacteria within our bodies, and prebiotics, the nutrients that support these good bacteria, to combat lung pathogens.
Using the microbiome to combat lung pathogens - Berkeley Engineering
Novel approach offers a way to stop deadly infections without using antibiotics
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January 16, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Exciting to see updates on this research, which Kelsey Hern started in 2023 as an entrepreneurial fellow at IGI! #microbiome
A new preprint on expanding the genetic code, from IGI's Jill Banfield, Peter Penev, and collaborators across the country: https://ow.ly/HiYO50XVNXR
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
A new preprint on expanding the genetic code, from IGI's Jill Banfield, Peter Penev, and collaborators across the country: https://ow.ly/HiYO50XVNXR
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This is shaping up to be one of the top conferences on microbiome editing!!
We're excited to help launch the inaugural Gordon research conference on #microbiome editing, coming up in January in Pomona, CA! Learn more and register here: https://ow.ly/a6Am50X9XkE
January 13, 2026 at 11:45 PM
This is shaping up to be one of the top conferences on microbiome editing!!
A new review from the Doudna Lab lab on tissue-targeted in vivo delivery of gene editors: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02945-w
#CRISPR #delivery
#CRISPR #delivery
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
A new review from the Doudna Lab lab on tissue-targeted in vivo delivery of gene editors: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02945-w
#CRISPR #delivery
#CRISPR #delivery
Check out the latest episode of Rewriting the Code, featuring Jennifer Doudna and #SickleCell patient pioneer Victoria Gray who was cured with a #CRISPR-based treatment in a groundbreaking clinical trial: https://ow.ly/t6FY50XVNO7
January 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Check out the latest episode of Rewriting the Code, featuring Jennifer Doudna and #SickleCell patient pioneer Victoria Gray who was cured with a #CRISPR-based treatment in a groundbreaking clinical trial: https://ow.ly/t6FY50XVNO7
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As 2025 comes to an end, we look back at some of our favorite uplifting stories from the year.
Starting off:
For the first time, scientists say they have reached into the genome of a severely ill child and rewritten the unique misspelling in his DNA. www.statnews.com/2025/05/15/c...
Starting off:
For the first time, scientists say they have reached into the genome of a severely ill child and rewritten the unique misspelling in his DNA. www.statnews.com/2025/05/15/c...
CRISPR is used in landmark treatment to correct genetic misspelling of a single patient
In a world first, scientists used CRISPR to fix a baby's unique genetic mutation. The report offers hope for personalized treatments of rare diseases.
www.statnews.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As 2025 comes to an end, we look back at some of our favorite uplifting stories from the year.
Starting off:
For the first time, scientists say they have reached into the genome of a severely ill child and rewritten the unique misspelling in his DNA. www.statnews.com/2025/05/15/c...
Starting off:
For the first time, scientists say they have reached into the genome of a severely ill child and rewritten the unique misspelling in his DNA. www.statnews.com/2025/05/15/c...
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Targeted delivery of genome editors in vivo - @doudna-lab.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social go.nature.com/4qKp6Tb
January 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Targeted delivery of genome editors in vivo - @doudna-lab.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social go.nature.com/4qKp6Tb
Did you know that the illustrations in our resources like CRISPRpedia and our illustrated scientific glossary are free to use for non-commercial, educational purposes? Check out our Science x Art page to see amazing work from our designers and artists: https://innovativegenomics.org/science-x-art/
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Did you know that the illustrations in our resources like CRISPRpedia and our illustrated scientific glossary are free to use for non-commercial, educational purposes? Check out our Science x Art page to see amazing work from our designers and artists: https://innovativegenomics.org/science-x-art/
Flor is an @pcronald.bsky.social @ucdavisplants.bsky.social lab alum, so she's been a long-time IGI member. We're thrilled to keep her on the team in this new role!
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Flor is an @pcronald.bsky.social @ucdavisplants.bsky.social lab alum, so she's been a long-time IGI member. We're thrilled to keep her on the team in this new role!
A warm welcome to Flor Ercoli, our newest IGI Investigator! Flor is starting a lab at @ucriverside.bsky.social e.bsky.social
where she will focus on #plant-#microbe interactions. Learn more about her path to science and what keeps her motivated every day: ow.ly/HyLi50XSKtg
where she will focus on #plant-#microbe interactions. Learn more about her path to science and what keeps her motivated every day: ow.ly/HyLi50XSKtg
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
A warm welcome to Flor Ercoli, our newest IGI Investigator! Flor is starting a lab at @ucriverside.bsky.social e.bsky.social
where she will focus on #plant-#microbe interactions. Learn more about her path to science and what keeps her motivated every day: ow.ly/HyLi50XSKtg
where she will focus on #plant-#microbe interactions. Learn more about her path to science and what keeps her motivated every day: ow.ly/HyLi50XSKtg
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During my postdoc in @therubinlab.bsky.social, @leosong.bsky.social and I aimed to make CRISPR-associated transposons more efficient for editing bacteria.
Couldn’t have done it w/o a CAST of characters at IGI and beyond @innovativegenomics.bsky.social, @cresslab.bsky.social, @doudna-lab.bsky.social
Couldn’t have done it w/o a CAST of characters at IGI and beyond @innovativegenomics.bsky.social, @cresslab.bsky.social, @doudna-lab.bsky.social
Happy New Year from the Rubin Lab! 🎇
We're excited to start 2026 off with a fresh publication at @science.org Advances. Here, we identified a cast (😉) of host factors affecting VchCAST using genome-wide screens and validated their improvement or inhibition of CAST activity. (1/2)
We're excited to start 2026 off with a fresh publication at @science.org Advances. Here, we identified a cast (😉) of host factors affecting VchCAST using genome-wide screens and validated their improvement or inhibition of CAST activity. (1/2)
Identification of proteins influencing CRISPR-associated transposases for enhanced genome editing
Whole-genome screening reveals strategies to boost CRISPR-associated transposase genome editing efficiency.
www.science.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
During my postdoc in @therubinlab.bsky.social, @leosong.bsky.social and I aimed to make CRISPR-associated transposons more efficient for editing bacteria.
Couldn’t have done it w/o a CAST of characters at IGI and beyond @innovativegenomics.bsky.social, @cresslab.bsky.social, @doudna-lab.bsky.social
Couldn’t have done it w/o a CAST of characters at IGI and beyond @innovativegenomics.bsky.social, @cresslab.bsky.social, @doudna-lab.bsky.social
We're looking for a Director of Intellectual Property to help us realize our vision of making genome editing technologies available to all who may benefit from them. Learn more and apply here: https://ow.ly/XyQt50XScem
January 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
We're looking for a Director of Intellectual Property to help us realize our vision of making genome editing technologies available to all who may benefit from them. Learn more and apply here: https://ow.ly/XyQt50XScem
New in Science Magazine Science Advances from the Doudna Lab, Rubin Lab and Cress Lab —Identification of proteins influencing #CRISPR-associated #transposases for enhanced #GenomeEditing. Read here: https://ow.ly/U0s450XS82n
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
New in Science Magazine Science Advances from the Doudna Lab, Rubin Lab and Cress Lab —Identification of proteins influencing #CRISPR-associated #transposases for enhanced #GenomeEditing. Read here: https://ow.ly/U0s450XS82n
"I wanted to be an ecologist and protect nature — that was always my dream."
IGI's Moi Expósito-Alonso on his path to running a research group at Berkeley, studying plant adaptation to climate change. Read here: https://ow.ly/8BuU50XAjpe
IGI's Moi Expósito-Alonso on his path to running a research group at Berkeley, studying plant adaptation to climate change. Read here: https://ow.ly/8BuU50XAjpe
January 2, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"I wanted to be an ecologist and protect nature — that was always my dream."
IGI's Moi Expósito-Alonso on his path to running a research group at Berkeley, studying plant adaptation to climate change. Read here: https://ow.ly/8BuU50XAjpe
IGI's Moi Expósito-Alonso on his path to running a research group at Berkeley, studying plant adaptation to climate change. Read here: https://ow.ly/8BuU50XAjpe
Plant synthetic biology explained in 101 seconds, featuring IGI Investigator Patrick Shih! Watch here: https://youtu.be/yf8Zt4LHnhI?si=6MGoC71CdZTfom7N
December 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Plant synthetic biology explained in 101 seconds, featuring IGI Investigator Patrick Shih! Watch here: https://youtu.be/yf8Zt4LHnhI?si=6MGoC71CdZTfom7N