Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 17th April 2025 IGI Researchers Use Robotic High-Throughput CRISPR Screens to Look for Mutations that Drive Cancers IGI Investigators r use robotics to analyze nearly 2,000 previously unstudied mutations in a gene that could potentially cause cancer
Rett Syndrome Research Trust • 14th April 2025 Rewriting RNA: RSRT Funds Genetic Engineers in the AbuGoot Lab Using RNA trans-splicing to fix Rett mutations
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 11th March 2025 Wolf Prize Laureate Brian Staskawicz on 40 Years of Plant Immunity Research Brian on waking up at 3 AM with ideas, how CRISPR is changing agriculture, and why he has "the best job in the world."
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 3rd March 2025 Announcing the Rising Stars Program: A New Collaboration Between the IGI and Historically Black Colleges and Universities A pilot program will bring talented undergrads from HBCUs to IGI labs at UC Berkeley, UCSF, UC Davis, and UCLA for summer research.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 26th February 2025 From California to Kenya: The 2025 Cohort of the CRISPR Course for African Plant Scientists Training scientists from across Africa in how to use CRISPR to edit crops.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 26th February 2025 A New Tool For Exploring Phage Genomes Phage genomes represent an enormous pool of mysterious proteins that could potentially be harnessed to create genomic and biological tools.
Rett Syndrome Research Trust • 11th February 2025 3900 Trials and Counting: The Global Outlook on Genetic Medicines The landscape of genomic medicine has changed rapidly over the past decade, and even more in the past five years.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 4th February 2025 IGI at 10 Years — 10 Key Achievements On February 4, 2015, the IGI officially launched as the “Innovative Genomics Initiative,” a venture launched by CRISPR gene editing co-creator and not-yet Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 29th January 2025 Using Tricks from Viruses to Get Inside Cells The biggest challenge in genome editing is delivery — getting CRISPR components into the right cells and tissues (and making sure they don’t get where they’re not needed).
Rett Syndrome Research Trust • 27th January 2025 Teaming Up With CRISPR Pioneer Jennifer Doudna to Develop Genetic Medicines for Rett Genome editing tools like CRISPR have the possibility to fix mutations that cause Rett syndrome.
Rett Syndrome Research Trust • 14th January 2025 A Review of Gene Therapy Clinical Trials for Rett by Taysha and Neurogene A summary of data and what to watch for.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 6th January 2025 IGI is Awarded New Funding to Develop CRISPR Tools for Editing the Brain A new project co-led by Jennifer Doudna has been awarded $1.25 million from the Rett Syndrome Research Trust to develop CRISPR tools to edit the brain.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 21st November 2024 CRISPRpedia: CRISPR & Ethics CRISPRpedia is your source for clear, reliable CRISPR info.
Rett Syndrome Research Trust • 14th November 2024 First in Humans RNA Editing: "A Tremendously Big Deal" RNA editing is one of a handful of promising new genomic techniques that has emerged over the past decade.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 11th October 2024 A Bacterial Immune System That Senses Genome Damage IGI researchers describe a novel immune mechanism in the bacterial immune system Hachiman: sensing genome integrity.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 17th September 2024 Improving Editing Efficiency with Degradable LNPs For genomic medicines, endocytosis is a double-edged sword.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 10th September 2024 Two IGI Women in Enterprising Science Fellows Receive $1 Million Each in Seed Funding Derfogail Delcassian and Yue Clare Lou were each awarded non-dilutive seed funding that can to accelerate the commercialization of their discoveries.
Innovative Genomics Institute – IGI • 3rd September 2024 Why We Need More Women in Bio-Entrepreneurship IGI's 2023-2024 Women in Enterprising Science (WIES) Fellows share their thoughts on gender equity in bio-entrepreneurship.
Rett Syndrome Research Trust • 23rd August 2024 Two New RSRT-Funded Projects That Use a Novel Approach to Deliver Genome Editors to the Brain The projects use a novel delivery method combined with base editing and epigenome editing, respectively.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 20th August 2024 IGI Partners with HBCU Hampton University to Sponsor Summer Research Students The UC-HBCU Initiative aims to create new collaborations.