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Red seaweed supplementation suppresses methanogenesis in the rumen, revealing potentially advantageous traits among hydrogenotrophic bacteria - Microbiome Background Macroalgae belonging to the genus Asparagopsis have shown to reduce methane (CH4) production during rumen fermentation, while increasing feed efficiency when added to the feed of cattle. Ho...

We are thrilled to announce our latest publication in the Microbiome journal in collaboration with
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Supplementation with red seaweed in cows reduces methane and induces previously uncharacterized hydrogenotropic bacteria.
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Three black-and-white and brown-and-white dairy cows munch on feed in a trough. Scientists may have found which microbes in a cow's gut could be used to cut methane emissions without harming the cow.

What if we could reprogram a cow's gut so it burps way less methane?🐮👏 @ucdavis.bsky.social & @innovativegenomics.bsky.social scientists found which microbes might help reduce methane w/o harming the cow. Boost that microbe & cows could become naturally cleaner for the climate! bit.ly/4oGv5YE 🧪

Could an early diet of seaweed produce climate-friendlier beef? A UC Davis study shows promising results.

My former UC Davis colleagues Ermias Kebreab and Paulo de Meo Filho went on Marketplace to talk about using seaweed and CRISPR to mitigate cattle enteric methane emissions!

www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...

Recurrent acquisition of nuclease-protease pairs in antiviral immunity Antiviral immune systems diversify by integrating new genes into existing pathways, creating new mechanisms of viral resistance. We identified genes encoding a predicted nuclease paired with a trypsin-like protease repeatedly acquired by multiple, ...

New in Science Magazine from the Doudna Lab and first author Owen Tuck: Recurrent acquisition of nuclease-protease pairs in antiviral immunity. Read here: https://ow.ly/pIWQ50XtEtM

Read more here: innovativegenomics.org/news/a-micro...

The Genome Editing Playbook Is Different in Neurons The striking findings of a new study could influence how gene therapies are designed for many genetic diseases.

A new study by scientists from Gladstone, Innovative Genomics Institute, and UC Berkeley could influence how gene therapies are designed for many genetic diseases.

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Azalea Therapeutics Launches with $82 Million Financing to Redefine Precision Genomic Medicines by Engineering Cells Directly Inside Each Patient Azalea Therapeutics launches with $82M to advance precision in vivo genome engineering, creating therapeutic cells directly inside patients....

Azalea grew out of collaborative research conducted at the Innovative Genomics Institute in Jennifer Doudna’s lab and in Justin Eyquem’s lab as part of the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology.

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New from IGI's @marsonlab.bsky.social!

New from the @doudna-lab.bsky.social and first author @owentuck.bsky.social!

New from IGI's Alex Marson!

📣New preprint from IGI's Justin Eyquem and Alex Marson📣 Site-specific genome engineering of primary human natural killer cells for programmable anti-tumor function. Read here: https://ow.ly/x5k950XoACz

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ICYMI: IGI's Ermias Kebreab and Kebreab postdoc Paulo de Meo Filho on @Marketplac.org, talking about seaweed and gene-editing interventions to reduce methane emissions from cattle. Listen here: https://ow.ly/lOnO50XkHxP

Photo credit: AFP

Brad Ringeisen, Fyodor Urnov, and Carlotta Ronda

Coming up *tomorrow* November 6th — join us to hear about the latest in #CRISPR for human health from IGI's Brad Ringeisen, Fyodor Urnov, and Carlotta Ronda as part of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Basic Science Lights the Way lecture series! Register here: https://basicscience.berkeley.edu/

Congratulations to IGI alums @jro-hamilton.bsky.social @connortsuchida.bsky.social & team on the launch of Azalea Therapeutics!

Biotech@Berkeley presents: Climate Biotech Forum + Happy Hour Wednesday, Nov 12, 3 PM - 6:30 PM

Biotech@Berkeley is teaming up with the Homeworld Collective for a special event next month at the IGI! Join us Wednesday, Nov 12 from 3PM - 6:30PM for a forum on #climate biotech. RSVP & details here: https://luma.com/lg5d9cng

Initiative aims to create a 'rightful presence' for the Ohlone community at UC Berkeley - Berkeley News “Our long term goal is for every student, every faculty member, every professor — everybody that's engaged with the university — to have a common understanding about Ohlone people and our living ident...

The ‘ottoy initiative is working to mend the relationship between UC Berkeley and the Ohlone community, and it has made great strides in increasing the representation and inclusion of Ohlone people at both the science center and on the central campus. news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/27/i...

From IGI's Venkatesan Sundaresan, winner of the 2024 Wolf Prize in agriculture!

New in Nature Biomedical Engineering from IGI Investigator Niren Murthy & collaborators — a paper on using lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for genome engineering in the heart 🫀

Read here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-025-01523-4

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Brad Ringeisen, Fyodor Urnov, and Carlotta Ronda

Coming up November 6th — join us to hear about the latest in #CRISPR for human health from IGI's Brad Ringeisen, Fyodor Urnov, and Carlotta Ronda as part of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Basic Science Lights the Way lecture series! Register here: https://basicscience.berkeley.edu/

postdoctoral researcher Carlos Eduardo Iglesias-Aguirre, undergraduate researcher Christopher Zavala, and Research Impact & Policy Manager Madelyn Gelpi in front of SACNAS banner at NiDiSTEM 2024

Are you at SACNAS #2025NDiSTEM? Stop by IGI's booth #824 to learn about grad school opportunities at the University of California and sign up for the IGI careers opportunity list!

I’m thrilled to present my work at the Innovative Genomics Institute (UC Berkeley) on Nov. 4! Looking forward to engaging discussions with researchers at IGI 😊

From IGI Affiliate & gene-therapy pioneer Don Kohn ⬇️

On a new article in @nejm.org from IGI Affiliate Don Kohn ⬇️

Seminar Series: Predictability of Microbial Evolution: Insights from Genomics and Structural Biology

Coming up Tues Nov 4 at @ PM — join us in Berkeley or on Zoom for a seminar on microbial evolution from Naoki Konno at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Learn more here: https://innovativegenomics.org/events/seminar-series-naoki-konno/