IGI's Carlotta Ronda on engineering gut bacteria for a healthier #microbiome on CBS's Mission Unstoppable! Watch the 5 min video here: https://ow.ly/yojS50Z1fsX

Today at 2 PM Pacific — Join us IRL or on Zoom!

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

Today (Tues) at 2 PM Pacific! Join us in Berkeley or on Zoom.

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

A fascinating example of the kinds of research CRISPR enables, from IGI co-founder Jonathan Wessman's lab

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/

In a new preprint, IGI's Dirk Hockemeyer identifies splicing and gene expression patterns in familial Parkinson's disease. 🧠 Read more: https://ow.ly/YW6350YUOFU

🎙️ON AIR: We're talking to @innovativegenomics.bsky.social's @urnov.bsky.social and science writers @philipcball.bsky.social and @michael-marshall.bsky.social about how sequencing the human genome changed our understanding of life. ❓What are your questions about DNA mapping? 📻 Listen:

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/

Our lab is proud to present our latest work harnessing Bridge Recombinase for genome-scale editing in diverse bacteria, microbiome editing, and programmable horizontal gene transfer.

This Tuesday, May 5 at 2 PM Pacific, 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

We present VIPR, a phage-encoded RNA-guided system that recognizes DNA with a noncontiguous code unlike CRISPR. Tiny, programmable, possibly ancestral to CRISPR immunity; VIPR is built around a striking RNA-DNA-DNA triplex.

It's #CancerControlMonth. 🧪 UCSF and Innovative Genomics Institute group develops in-vivo, site-specific engineering approach to reprogram T cells, providing a pathway for more efficient, precise, & widely accessible T-cell therapies. Charlotte H. Wang, Jennifer Doudna, Justin Eyquem#CancerControlMonth

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

New from IGI's @urnov.bsky.social and Danaher's Sadik Kassim ⬇️

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

From one Nobel Laureate to another: Jennifer Doudna asks Demis Hassabis about how close we are to integrating #AI technologies with #CRISPR therapies for genetic diseases. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0gE...

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

Another breakthrough at Penn Medicine! This May Be the Most Important Medical Story of the Decade www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/o...

Out recently in @natbiotech.nature.com — first authors @ddingding.bsky.social and @evangroover.bsky.social premier a cell-based method for understanding how #photosynthesis genes can be turned "up" or "down". Read here: ow.ly/KHWg50YyWbR

New preprint from Dave Savage (Savage Lab) and Yun S. Song: Deep models of protein evolution in time generate realistic evolutionary trajectories and functional proteins. Read here: https://ow.ly/iJk950YCF8q #AI #AIresearch

Coming up today at 2 PM. Join is in Berkeley or online!

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

Coming up Tuesday, April 7 at 2 PM Pacific — UC Berkeley's Judy Chock will be giving a seminar on research security and international collaboration. Join us in Berkeley or on Zoom: https://ow.ly/bg2650YCF4s

New preprint on looking at DNA modifications in microbes found in metagenomic data sets! From IGI's @archaeaologist.bsky.social and Jill Banfield (@banfieldlab.bsky.social)!

New in Nature Communications from IGI's Patrick Shih & collaborators at the Joint BioEnergy Institute: Causes and consequences of experimental variation in Nicotiana benthamiana transient expression. Read here: https://ow.ly/s0r350YzraK

In two new publications, researchers from IGI are creating ways to harness #TnpBs — a group of "jumping genes"— as a novel tool for #GenomeEditing, in humans & plants. Learn more about TnpBs and their advantages in a new article from Serene Cheng: https://innovativegenomics.org/news/what-are-tnpbs/

Coming up tomorrow (Wed). Join us in Berkeley!

👁️👁️ In a new paper, IGI's Niren Murthy & collaborators use #CRISPR to attack melanoma in the eye. Read more: https://ow.ly/Is3l50Yzr6V

@banfieldlab.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social

The latest on #CRISPR in #ClinicalTrials, including testing treatments for high cholesterol, lupus, GI cancer, sepsis, hemophilia, and many many more. Read here: https://ow.ly/s4c150YzswO

*And co-first author @ddingding.bsky.social!

Out today in Nature Biotechnology — a team of IGI scientists including Brian Staskwicz, Kris Nyogi, Dave Savage (Savage Lab), Peggy Lemaux, & first author Evan Groover premier a cell-based method for understanding how #photosynthesis genes can be turned "up" or "down" https://ow.ly/KHWg50YyWbR

In a one-of-a-kind project, IGI's Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) tracks how plants adapt to #ClimateChange, following 30 different sites across the globe. Out today in Science Magazine! Read more: https://ow.ly/tSKA50YyVR5

Coming up Thursday, April 2 at 10:30 AM Pacific — Mark Mimee, Assistant Professor at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, will be giving a seminar on gut #microbiome engineering. Join us in Berkeley or on Zoom: https://ow.ly/ak6X50Yyo7L

📣🍫🍫New paper alert: Stable Inheritance of Transgene and Yellow Fluorescent Protein Gene Expression in Progeny of Transgenic Cacao Plants. Read here: https://ow.ly/NTmp50YxT9r

Coming up Wednesday, April 1 at 2 PM Pacific — John Reed, Executive VP of Innovative Medicine at Johnson & Johnson, will be giving a seminar on using deep disease knowledge to create transformational medicines and drive portfolio growth. Join us in Berkeley: https://ow.ly/3hyX50YynYF

Hot off the presses — our 2026 review of #CRISPR in #ClinicalTrials. Read here for the latest on CRISPR for #cancer, #HeartDisease, #AutoimmuneDisorders, #infections, #RareDisease, and more: https://ow.ly/XkI550YxSPv

Coming up tomorrow!

Coming up Tuesday, March 24 at 2 PM Pacific — A talk from Detlef Weigel (PlantEvolution 🌱🌾) Director of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, on how genetic conflicts inform the constraints of plant immunity. Join us in Berkeley or on Zoom. More here: https://ow.ly/gzj650YwYN2

Out today in @nature.com a team of researchers across @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, and Duke University led by IGI Investigator @j-eyquem.bsky.social use #CRISPR — in vivo — to create cancer-fighting immune cells. Learn more: innovativegenomics.org/news/in-vivo...

Coming up today at 2 PM Pacific! Join us in Berkeley on or Zoom.

IGI's @lianafaye.bsky.social on using #AI to decode #RNA, for Ignite Talks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUlu...

IGI researchers at UC Berkeley and UCSF are collaborating on a new effort to make an in vivo CAR-T for #cancer. Cytiva, a @danahercorporation.bsky.social subsidiary, is the leading the project, with funding from ARPA-H. Learn more: https://ow.ly/5KFN50YuVu6#cancer