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.
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.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 31st July 2024 New Research Uncovers Humans' Closest Microbial Relatives New research confirms that Asgard archaea share a common ancestor with eukaryotes — including humans.
Innovative Genomics Institute – IGI • 18th June 2024 The Cow Burp Problem An explainer video with script and voice-over by Hope.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 4th June 2024 Shaping Science: The UK Citizens Jury on Human Genome Editing *Written by a student with Hope's supervision, editing, and mentorship.
Rett Syndrome Research Trust • 22nd May 2024 Kicking Off RSRT’s New MECP2 Editing Consortium A new consortium to develop next-gen genetic medicines for Rett syndrome.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 22nd May 2024 Making More Efficient Editors A new approach to rationally engineering Cas proteins.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 26th April 2024 New Research Points the Way to CRISPR Therapies for Hereditary Dementias Using CRISPR in patient cells to get one step closer to the clinic.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 23rd April 2024 Moi Expósito-Alonso Joins IGI's Climate Team Studying how plants adapt to climate change, from the macro to the micro.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 8th April 2024 AI Language Models Allow Researchers to Explore New Frontiers in Bioengineering Joining biology and AI to hack the ribosome.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 13th March 2024 CRISPR Clinical Trials: A 2024 Update A reader-friendly deep dive.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 28th February 2024 Engineering Cas9 for Editing the Brain Engineering Cas9 for self-delivery.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 16th February 2024 Meet an IGI Scientist: Alice Refermat "I would say that we are at a very almost golden age of pushing the boundaries in terms of cancer therapies."
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 2nd February 2024 From California to Kenya: The First Year of the CRISPR Course for African Plant Scientists "My key takeaway is that a lot of what prevents this technology from getting into the hands of the many is infrastructural and regulatory hurdles."
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 13th December 2023 New Research on How Bacteria & Viruses Coexist in the Gut Microbiome Exploring the role of bacteriophages — that is, tiny viruses that prey on bacteria – in the human microbiome.
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 13th December 2023 Meet an IGI Scientist: Kelsey Hern "I got really curious about, first of all, parasites and organisms that infect us, and then also how our own bodies and our own microbiomes protect us against stuff like that."
Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) • 16th November 2023 Early-Life Microbiome Interventions May Improve Health Outcomes for Pre-Term Infants “The general idea is that the microbiome is training our immune system. They grow and evolve together."