Innovative Genomics Institute

Our work at IGI is stronger thanks to the hard work and brilliant insights of researchers from around the globe! Case in point: IGI's Director of Technology & Translation, Fyodor Urnov, celebrated in Forbes 250: America's Most Successful Immigrants. Read more: https://ow.ly/MRip50ZacE2

Out today in Nature, new research from Jennifer Doudna and collaborators shows a -based method for selectively killing "undruggable" by recognizing cells with cancer-causing mutations and shredding their DNA. Learn more: https://ow.ly/4VzG50Z8tQO

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! Find more of her work at https://www.kayleneson.com/

Illustrations: pipetting, CRISPR "delivery," the inside of the IGI building in Berkeley, Rita Levi-Montalcini in the style of Tamara de Lempicka's "Girl in Green Dress" painting for our Reimagining Women in STEM gallery (free on our site)