Research
- Research projects that benefit underserved groups include:
- Discovery and therapy for sickle cell disease
- Developing targeted gene insertion technology in rice
- Genome editing of the staple crop cassava to eliminate toxic cyanogen production
- Engineering disease-resistant cacao
- CRISPR-Cas9-based gene drive architecture for control of agricultural pests
- Impacts of virtual mentoring on STEM students
- Surveillance of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in California farmworkers
- Next-generation sequencing to inform COVID-19 outbreak response in Madagascar
- Our Berkeley Ethics and Regulation Group for Innovative Technologies (BERGIT) group meets regularly to discuss research and technology ethics, including the impact of new technologies on non-dominant groups.
- We regularly highlight researchers from minoritized groups in press materials & social media.
- We have an ongoing Meet an IGI Scientist profile series, which highlights researchers from a wide variety of backgrounds.