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Press Releases, COVID-19

IGI Scientists Detect More Infectious COVID Variant in Berkeley
COVID-19 Research Spotlight at the Innovative Genomics Institute
COVID-19

COVID-19 Research Spotlight: Joe DeRisi on Repurposing Drugs to Fight COVID-19
Melinda Kliegman IGI Director of Public Impact
IGI News

Melinda Kliegman Hired as IGI Director of Public Impact
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Meet an IGI Scientist

Meet an IGI Scientist: Niren Murthy
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IGI News

The IGI’s 2020 In Review (COVID-free)
COVID-19 Research Spotlight at the Innovative Genomics Institute
COVID-19

COVID-19 Research Spotlight: Melanie Ott on Finding Cellular “Lifelines” for the Virus
Jennifer Doudna, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Bill Gates
Press Releases, COVID-19, Jennifer Doudna

Doudna, Fauci, Gates: Lessons from History on Vaccines
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Press Releases, IGI News, Jennifer Doudna

Jennifer Doudna’s Nobel Prize Ceremony Was a Day to Remember
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Press Releases, COVID-19, Jennifer Doudna

New CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Test Uses Smartphone Cameras to Spot Virus RNA
Wheat is being threatened by a disease called wheat blast
Press Releases

Plant Immune Receptor Discovery Can Help Scientists Fight Agricultural Pandemics
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Press Releases, COVID-19

IGI Researchers Find California Farmworkers Hit Hard by COVID-19
COVID-19 Research Spotlight at the Innovative Genomics Institute
COVID-19

COVID-19 Research Spotlight: Hani Goodarzi on RNA Secondary Structure
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Perspectives

Fast Science: Vetting Rapid Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic
IGI News, COVID-19

IGI Postdocs Cara Brook and Jenny Hamilton Recognized for Excellence in Science
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IGI News, COVID-19

IGI COVID-19 Testing Enters New Phase