Congrats to IGI Investigator Matt Kan! 🥂 Learn more about Matt's journey in science and his immunology research in our short profile: innovativegenomics.org/news/meet-an...

Thanks to @erictopol.bsky.social for the in-depth coverage of this story. We are proud to be part of the team that created this treatment and thrilled to see KJ doing so well! 🧬

Elated to share that I was awarded a K08 clinician-scientist research career development award from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases!

"We’re trying to accomplish a vision of genome editing that people have been dreaming about for 40 or 50 years, but didn’t have the tools. And now... We finally have the tools." — IGI physician-scientist @matthewkan.bsky.social Read more: ow.ly/VbGk50Shaz1 #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPI #CRISPR

The NIH grant that has supported 38 years of training the best pediatrician-scientists in the country (I’m a proud former recipient) was cancelled. It was just approved for a 5 year renewal. The PSDP has supported the careers of many NIH-funded pediatrician-scientists and thought leaders

This beautiful and moving story tells the story of Linde's fight to change the future of those with genetic FTD. We are working to create a CRISPR MAPT-FTD therapy and a better future for Linde and all with genetic neurodegenerative conditions. Thanks for sharing your story Linde! shorturl.at/DOK1J

Inspiring work of how to include and share the rewards of genetic studies from indigenous populations with the communities that shared their genomes www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...

🚨 The Alker Lab is starting at the University of Rhode Island in early 2025 and we will be hiring! 🚨 If you are interested in marine microbiology, bacterial genetics and/or symbiosis, please consider reaching out! Repost to help spread the word 🪸🧪🧬🌊