SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) scanning electron microscope

IGI COVID-19 Initiative

Overview

The global threat of COVID-19 united the scientific community. At the IGI, we created a pop-up coronavirus testing lab in our building on UC Berkeley campus over the course of three weeks. We test patient samples from the Berkeley community, including undergraduate students, first responders, and vulnerable people without insurance or permanent housing.

Our scientists quickly formed rapid response research teams, working to better understand, detect, track, and treat the novel coronavirus, with guidance from our COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Board. Learn more and find resources below.

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) micrograph — COVID-19 Research Projects

robotic testing lab equipment — COVID-19 Testing

IGI COVID-19 Testing Team — Establish a SARS-CoV-2 Testing Lab at Your Institution

SARS-CoV-2 insta — Free COVID-19 Illustrations

Two scientists working in the Clinical Laboratory at the Innovative Genomics Institute in Berkeley, California

News

Half a Million COVID Tests Later, IGI Clinical Laboratory Looks to the Future

8 months ago

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IGI and Mobility Health Partner to Provide Free Testing and Vaccines to Farm Communities

10 months ago

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New Method Sheds Light on Why Some SARS-CoV-2 Variants Are More Infectious

1 year ago

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IGI Clinical Laboratory Receives Accreditation from the College of American Pathologists

1 year ago

illustration shows RNA being cut by CRISPR enzymes and bright green light emitted

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Using Two CRISPR Enzymes, a COVID Diagnostic In Only 20 Minutes

1 year ago

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COVID-19 Research Spotlight: Bruce Wang on Creating an Atlas of COVID-19 Pathology

2 years ago

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COVID-19 Research Spotlight: Anders Näär on Preventing Infection with Molecular Velcro

2 years ago

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Episode 2: Jennifer Doudna on COVID-19, CRISPR, and Accelerating Scientific Discovery with Michael Milken

2 years ago

More Resources

Watch UC Berkeley Professor and IGI Investigator Britt Glaunsinger's molecular virology lecture, "Coronaviruses 101."

Struggling through coronavirus literature? Try covidscholar.org, a COVID-19 research search portal. Help improve this tool by submitting keywords and paper summaries.

Check out "SARS-CoV-2 by the numbers," a quantitative summary of key coronavirus facts, available in more than a dozen languages.

View our whiteboard video overview describing CRISPR-based diagnostic tools, which we and others are developing for rapid SARS-CoV-2 detection.

Science@Cal has developed a great resource page with basic information about COVID-19. If you are a UC Berkeley scientist interested in answering questions from the public or developing new coronavirus-related content, please sign up to help.