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Using genome engineering to solve humanity’s greatest problems in health, climate & sustainable agriculture. UC Berkeley, UCSF, UC Davis, UC San Diego.
innovativegenomics.org The Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) is composed of diverse researchers with a powerful combined expertise. After the development of the CRISPR-Cas9 system for rewriting DNA, we realized the potential of applying this technology to solve some of humanity’s greatest problems. Our scientists conduct world-class research, driven by the real possibility to cure human disease, end hunger, and protect the environment. In addition to our scientific efforts, the IGI is committed to advancing public understanding of genome engineering and providing resources for the broader community.
09/28/2026
IGI Affiliate Ksenia Krasileva on evolutionary design and innate immunology. Join us today at 2 PM Pacific, in Berkeley or on Zoom! More info here: https://endpoints.news/in-a-changed-world-for-cystic-fibrosis-a-familys-fight-reveals-a-new-gap-in-care/
09/28/2026
The 2026 UC Regents Innovation Awards honor two of IGI's Investigators! Fyodor Urnov has been given the Gamechanger Award for his contributions to the first personalized medicine and Sue Lynch has been given the Disruptive Research Award for her work on how the infant gut influences health outcomes later in life. Read more: https://ow.ly/BL0A50ZPgfF
09/24/2026
Predicting how folds would be a valuable tool for scientists, but has not been able to crack the problem. A team at the IGI made significant progress on two key hurdles: limited structural data, and the fact that RNA can take on multiple shapes. Read more:
https://ow.ly/x8JM50ZJcTZ
Pictured: coauthors Roma Nagle and Conner Langeberg
09/17/2026
Before , there was VIPR — a tool viruses used to battle each other with a never-before-seen genetic coding system, uncovered by researchers in Jennifer Doudna's lab. Read more here: https://ow.ly/hZKO50ZOxwO
Pictured: Coauthors Terry Zhang, Peter Yoon, Kenneth Loi (left to right), making sure to include coauthor Trevor Docter (on the phone from Harvard)
The latest in our Inside Genomics short video series — IGI researchers led by Sue Lynch at University of California, San Francisco and Ben Rubin University of California, Berkeley are creating a new way to prevent and treat childhood by editing microbes in the gut and lungs. Watch the full video here: https://ow.ly/tKEk50ZGLAw
09/09/2026
🧬 Out today in Nature, IGI Investigator Yun Song has shared a new language model that can detect overlooked gene variants that impact human health. Learn more about how the Song lab is using to investigate the human genome: https://ow.ly/9B7a50ZLxsa
09/08/2026
Out today in Nature Nanotechnology, a Q&A with IGI's Niren Murthy on his new way to engineer lipid nanparticles (LNPs) for safer genome editing. Learn more: https://ow.ly/oHvL50ZKZL1
09/04/2026
Predicting how folds would be a valuable tool for scientists, but unlike with proteins, has not been able to crack this problem. A team at the IGI made significant progress on two key hurdles: limited structural data, and the fact that RNA can take on multiple shapes. Read more:
https://ow.ly/RhAb50ZJcU4
09/03/2026
Thanks to PNAS for highlighting our work on using red seaweed and microbiome editing to reduce methane emissions frow cows! This work is led by IGI Investigators Ermias Kebreab and Matthias Hess at UC Davis. Read the article: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2626533123
is one of the most common childhood diseases. IGI researchers led by Sue Lynch at UCSF and Ben Rubin at UC Berkeley are creating a new way to prevent and treat asthma by editing microbes in the gut and lungs. 🤯 Learn more in our latest Inside Genomics video! https://ow.ly/QbX250ZGLAP
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