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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣🦠 New preprint: @savagecatsonly.bsky.social has got you covered with a new approach to building bacterial deletion libraries with unprecedented speed and ease: ow.ly/ltja50WSjBu

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 3

Telehealth companies increasingly are marketing “microdoses” of GLP-1 drugs — despite how there is virtually no evidence that smaller-than-standard doses are safe or effective.

How microdosing GLP-1 drugs became a longevity ‘craze’

Internet companies are helping stoke enthusiasm for “microdosing” weight-loss drugs for wellness, mood and joint pain.

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Sep 3

Self-cloning crops could transform agriculture – thanks to research from IGI's Venkatesan Sundaresan, who was awarded the 2024 Wolf Prize for his research on apomixis. Read more in this feature from @nature.com: ow.ly/Q7v350WQyne

illustrations of scientists manipulating DNA in a seed in a steam punk style

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our paper on model cyanobacterial communities by @andrejakust.bsky.social is finally typeset and looks beautiful, check it out:

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Model cyanobacterial consortia reveal a consistent core microbiome independent of inoculation source or cyanobacterial host species

Abstract. Cyanobacteria are integral to biogeochemical cycles, influence climate processes, and hold promise for commercial applications. In natural habita

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Aug 14

Out now – our reader-friendly 2025 overview of #CRISPR clinical trials! Learn about how CRISPR is being used to treat #HeartDisease, #cancer, #lupus, #RareDiseases, and more! Read here: ow.ly/mRPl50WneTS 🧬

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congrats to IGI's @pcronald.bsky.social on receiving the President’s Award for the Advancement of the Common Good from Stanford University! 🎉 Read more: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...

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UC Berkeley @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social · Aug 14

UC Berkeley researchers tweaked a key enzyme involved in microbial methane production to understand the different environments on Earth that generate the greenhouse gas. news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/14/s...

Scientists hack microbes to identify environmental sources of methane - Berkeley News

UC Berkeley researchers tweaked a key enzyme involved in microbial methane production to understand the unique fingerprints of different environments on Earth that generate the greenhouse gas.

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Aug 11

Did you know that the illustrations in our resources like CRISPRpedia and our illustrated scientific glossary are free to use for non-commercial, educational purposes? Tag us to show us how you're using them! innovativegenomics.org/science-x-art/

illustration of phage infecting and lysing a bacterium

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · Aug 1

‼️Diamond Lab is considering potential a new postdoctoral researcher. If you have strong interests in microbiomes, metagenomics, machine learning, or rumen biology drop us a line and shoot us a CV!

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · Aug 1

We Love it!! And in our colors too

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · Aug 1

Love these!!! Now let’s see some communities in watercolor

Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · Aug 1

New itty-bitty paintings: your favorite bacteria in purple and blue watercolor #sciart ko-fi.com/s/897c718b0e 🦠

Set of 3 Itty-bitty bacteria paintings - Michele Banks's Ko-fi Shop

3 tiny original watercolor paintings in 5x5 inch mats This set features Vibrio cholerae, Staph aureus and Salmonella typhi on a background of light b...

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · Aug 1

Think about all the amazing chemotropic microbes that must support this system!!! I hope they took samples

Nature @nature.com · Jul 31

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Jul 24

Did you know that the illustrations in our resources like CRISPRpedia are free to use for non-commercial, educational purposes? Check out our Science x Art page to see a selection of work from our designers & artists. Tag us to show us how you're using them! innovativegenomics.org/science-x-art/ 🧬🎨

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Science x Art - Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · Jul 25

Rally nice review on plasmid leading strand anti defense and establishment @bursteinlab.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Strategies for zygotic gene expression during plasmid establishment

Conjugative plasmids are key drivers of horizontal gene transfer and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Their successful establishment in new hos…

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Ronda lab @rondalab.bsky.social · Jul 22

The Ronda lab's newest publication on targeted editing: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Precise virulence inactivation using a CRISPR-associated transposase for combating Enterobacteriaceae gut pathogens - Nature Biomedical Engineering

A self-transmissible CRISPR-associated transposase system encodes a nanobody payload to treat Shiga toxin infections.

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Jul 21

Out now in Nature Biomedical Engineering from IGI's Carlotta Ronda @rondalab.bsky.social — a novel way to precisely edit the genomes of microbes in the microbiome to defeat harmful infections. Read more: ow.ly/efsS50WsVen

IGI Investigator Carlotta Ronda's New Tool for Precision Microbiome Editing

IGI Investigator Carlotta Ronda's New Tool for Precision Microbiome Editing - Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Jul 17

We’re thrilled to announce IGI–Bakar Labs. This new building will allow the IGI to continue expanding our impact in health and agricultural applications of #CRISPR, and will be shared with the Bakar Labs incubator for growing biotech companies. Learn more: news.berkeley.edu/2025/07/17/c...

CRISPR researchers and startup entrepreneurs will share new building in UC Berkeley's Innovation Zone - Berkeley News

A planned addition to the campus's Innovation Zone will expand lab space for the Innovative Genomics Institute and build out the largest innovation hub — Bakar Labs — at any U.S. university.

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · Jul 18

Very excited to now share publicly that @innovativegenomics.bsky.social will be expanding to an amazing new building in the 2028 - 2029 academic year! innovativegenomics.org/news/igi-bak...

CRISPR Researchers and Startup Entrepreneurs Will Share New Building in UC Berkeley's Innovation Zone

CRISPR Researchers and Startup Entrepreneurs Will Share New Building in UC Berkeley's Innovation Zone - Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our friends @thehesslab.bsky.social are actively looking for postdoctoral researchers interested in anerobic microbiology, and studying the rumen microbiome. #microbiologists #bioinformatics #microbiomes

Check out their website: hesslab.com

Hess Laboratory – Systems Microbiology & Natural Products Research

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

Thank you for the kind words! We agree there is still significant work to be done in this area, and many more model communities to potentially test. If it is any consolation we did choose PCC7120 as it is both in the genus Nostoc (NCBI taxonomy) and a genetic model for studying heterocyst formation.

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Jul 9

Out now in TIME — @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social on IGI's new initiative, teaming up with the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social to create a new center for pediatric #CRISPR cures! Read here: ow.ly/E5un50WnbCi

The $20 Million Bet on CRISPR to Cure Rare Childhood Diseases

The center will bring custom gene-editing treatments to children.

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hot off the presses: our reader-friendly 2025 overview of #CRISPR clinical trials! 🧬 Check it out here: ow.ly/mRPl50WneTS

graph of progress of various clinical, described in text at the link

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · Jul 11

Click on the post for more info about the paper!!!

Andreja Kust @andrejakust.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨 Fresh from the press! We created and analyzed over 100 in vitro cyanobacterial consortia using well-characterized model cyanobacterial hosts to better understand how cyanobacteria recruit and interact with their microbiomes.

Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/isme...

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Cress Lab @cresslab.bsky.social · Feb 26

Dive into our lab’s first peer-reviewed publication—co-led with our friends @benadler.bsky.social and Muntathar Al-Shimary from the @doudna lab! If you’ve already read the preprint, don’t miss the new updates: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social

CRISPRi-ART enables functional genomics of diverse bacteriophages using RNA-binding dCas13d - Nature Microbiology

Leveraging RNA-targeting dCas13d enables selective interference with phage protein translation and facilitates measurement of phage gene fitness at a transcriptome-wide scale.

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Andreja Kust @andrejakust.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨 Fresh from the press! We created and analyzed over 100 in vitro cyanobacterial consortia using well-characterized model cyanobacterial hosts to better understand how cyanobacteria recruit and interact with their microbiomes.

Check it out: doi.org/10.1093/isme...

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