Tuning Gene Expression to Super-Charge Photosynthesis
Editing sorghum for carbon capture.
CRISPR Clinical Trials: A 2026 Update
The latest on CRISPR-based therapies for human health.
CRISPR for Cancer: A Q&A with Justin Eyquem
The latest in cancer immunotherapy research.
IGI Researchers Uncover Novel Way to Cut Methane Emissions
New research could pave the way to cutting rice emissions by half.
Behind the Science: María Florencia Ercoli
Flor's path to research, and new projects on how plants and soil microbes interact.
The IGI's 2025 Year in Review
A look back over an exciting year for CRISPR and the IGI.
Uncovering a New Genetic Code in Microbes Opens Doors for New Bioengineering Applications
Certain groups of microbes have an expanded genetic code — a finding that has been leveraged for bioengineering.
IGI Entrepreneurial Fellow Awarded $1 Million in Funding for New Startup
Carlotta Ronda was selected to receive an award of $1 million to support her startup focusing on microbiome medicines.
IGI Partners with Emerson Collective to Host First-Gen Summer Students
The IGI hosted three undergrads through Emerson Collective’s FirstGen Internship Program.
IGI Partners with HBCU Hampton University to Sponsor Summer Research Students
This summer, IGI hosted undergraduate researchers from Hampton University.
Carlotta Ronda's New Tool for Precision Microbiome Editing
Where antibiotics function like a sledgehammer, CRISPR works like a surgical scalpel.
CRISPR Clinical Trials: A 2025 Update
For CRISPR clinical trials, 2025 seems like the best of times and the worst of times. A reader-friendly deep dive.
Uncovering the Recipe for Cas9’s “Secret Sauce”
“What we’ve done here is uncover the secret sauce that makes typical Cas9 — the original Nobel molecule — so efficient and precise.”
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
Rewriting RNA: RSRT Funds Genetic Engineers in the AbuGoot Lab
Using RNA trans-splicing to fix Rett mutations
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."
The Rising Stars Program: A New Collaboration Between the IGI and HBCUs
A pilot program will bring talented undergrads from HBCUs to IGI labs across the UC system.
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.
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.
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.
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