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Supercharging Plants and Soils to Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere
Scientist marking a clear plate with 12 circular wells. Clear zones on the purple background show the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaping from neutralizing antibodies in patient blood samples
Press Releases, Jennifer Doudna

“Natural Immunity” from Omicron is Weak and Limited, Study Finds
Automated pipeline for calling SARS-CoV-2 variants
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Automating SARS-CoV-2 Variant Calling with LatchBio
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How Can We Make Genomic Medicine Affordable?
Two scientists working in the Clinical Laboratory at the Innovative Genomics Institute in Berkeley, California
Press Releases, COVID-19

Half a Million COVID Tests Later, IGI Clinical Laboratory Looks to the Future
HS Chau Women in Enterprising Science Program at the Innovative Genomics Institute
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IGI Launches HS Chau Women in Enterprising Science Program
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New Breakthrough Changes the Shape of Treatment for Undruggable Diseases
Pam Ronald
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Pam Ronald Wins Wolf Prize in Agriculture
African banana plantation
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IGI Partners with African Plant Breeding Academy for New CRISPR Course
T lymphocyte
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Scientists Reveal “Rosetta Stone” of Immune Cell Function
gloved hands handling COVID-19 tests
Press Releases, COVID-19

IGI and Mobility Health Partner to Provide Free Testing and Vaccines to Farm Communities
Jack Kim and Jill Banfield in the rice field with a Picarro gas chamber to measure methane emissions
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Inside Genomics: Microbes Meet Climate Change
Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public team photo
Press Releases, Jennifer Doudna

New Kavli Center at UC Berkeley to Foster Ethics, Engagement in Science
CRISPR therapy for sickle cell disease. Illustration of sickle cell disease with affected red blood cells in a blood vessel
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$17 Million Will Launch Trial of CRISPR Cure for Sickle Cell
Researchers at work at CGIAR’s International Institute of Tropical Agriculture campus in Ibadan, Nigeria (Chris de Bode/CGIAR)
Press Releases, IGI News

Harnessing the Power of CRISPR to Reduce Poverty and Malnutrition