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September 28, 2017 Perspectives

Prioritizing Sickle Cell Patients: A Chance to Mend Broken Ties

Bright orange circles from a biological experiment in the Zoncu lab

September 21, 2017 IGI News

Roberto Zoncu Named IGI’s First SKCF Faculty Scholar

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September 11, 2017 Perspectives

The Real Hurdles In Taking CRISPR From Bench To Bedside

Poster session at the rewriting genomes symposium

September 5, 2017 IGI News

Fifth Annual Berkeley Symposium Attracts Genome Editing Pioneers

A full auditorium in Stanley Hall for CRISPRcon

August 31, 2017 IGI News

Diverse Opinions on Stage at CRISPRcon

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August 30, 2017 Press Releases

Blunting CRISPR’s ‘Scissors’ Gives New Insight into Autoimmune Disorders

Screenshot from Eterna OpenCRISPR puzzle showing successful RNA design and Cas9 activation

August 29, 2017 IGI News

Gaming for Science? Take on the OpenCRISPR Challenge!

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July 26, 2017 IGI News

Apply to be an SKCF Faculty Scholar by August 7

Cas9 is unable to bind and cut DNA when an anti-CRISPR inhibitor protein is bound to its DNA recognition channel

July 12, 2017 Press Releases

Anti-CRISPR Proteins Decrease Off-Target Effects of Cas9

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June 14, 2017 IGI News, Jennifer Doudna

Jennifer Doudna’s Book “A Crack in Creation” is Out Now

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June 1, 2017 IGI News

IGI Launches the Shurl & Kay Curci Foundation Faculty Scholars Program

Crystal structure of Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 protein with teal guide RNA and pink target DNA

May 8, 2017 Perspectives

Crowdsourcing CRISPR: It’s Time For The Public To Chime In About Genome Editing

Japan Prize ceremony 2017

April 19, 2017 IGI News, Jennifer Doudna

Jennifer Doudna Awarded 2017 Japan Prize for CRISPR Discoveries

Cartoon showing the effect of anti-CRISPRs on the Cas9 protein

April 10, 2017 Perspectives

Viruses Keep CRISPR in Check

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March 21, 2017 Press Releases

New Entrepreneurial Fellows: Business-Minded Scientists with Big Ideas