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· Feb 6
We are thrilled to share our latest work: OriGen--the first AI system to generate functional DNA replication sequences! ⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The best group of lab Minions out there 🥸🧪
We’re a bit late, but better late than never (bi do)! Happy Belated Halloween from the Cress and @therubinlab.bsky.social Labs!
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The best group of lab Minions out there 🥸🧪
Our lab is looking for undergrads!⭐️
Asst. Lab Manager: Support lab operations, with potential to transition to a full-time role.
Apply: forms.gle/mHufTGPZXYCk...
Research Assistant: Work on microbiome editing projects using CRISPR-Cas and other synbio tools.
Apply: forms.gle/GNu9kJLFjxx9...
Asst. Lab Manager: Support lab operations, with potential to transition to a full-time role.
Apply: forms.gle/mHufTGPZXYCk...
Research Assistant: Work on microbiome editing projects using CRISPR-Cas and other synbio tools.
Apply: forms.gle/GNu9kJLFjxx9...
forms.gle
August 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Our lab is looking for undergrads!⭐️
Asst. Lab Manager: Support lab operations, with potential to transition to a full-time role.
Apply: forms.gle/mHufTGPZXYCk...
Research Assistant: Work on microbiome editing projects using CRISPR-Cas and other synbio tools.
Apply: forms.gle/GNu9kJLFjxx9...
Asst. Lab Manager: Support lab operations, with potential to transition to a full-time role.
Apply: forms.gle/mHufTGPZXYCk...
Research Assistant: Work on microbiome editing projects using CRISPR-Cas and other synbio tools.
Apply: forms.gle/GNu9kJLFjxx9...
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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.
news.berkeley.edu
July 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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...
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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.
ow.ly
July 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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
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✨ Berkeley Lab's @nersc.bsky.social, @delltechnologies.bsky.social, and NVIDIA announce new public-private partnership for game-changing US Dept. of Energy Doudna supercomputer, (NERSC-10, strengthening U.S. capabilities, accelerating discovery, and powering future science. 🧪
DOE Announces New Supercomputer Powered by Dell and NVIDIA to Speed Scientific Discovery
The NERSC-10 system at Berkeley Lab will accelerate DOE Office of Science research in an era of rapidly advancing simulation, data, and AI capabilities.
newscenter.lbl.gov
May 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
✨ Berkeley Lab's @nersc.bsky.social, @delltechnologies.bsky.social, and NVIDIA announce new public-private partnership for game-changing US Dept. of Energy Doudna supercomputer, (NERSC-10, strengthening U.S. capabilities, accelerating discovery, and powering future science. 🧪
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Precision gene editing medicine makes history, and it’s just getting started www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Precision gene editing medicine makes history, and it’s just getting started - Nature Biotechnology
Despite their astounding success, custom-made base editors and prime editors will need time to broaden their clinical impact.
www.nature.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Precision gene editing medicine makes history, and it’s just getting started www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In a medical breakthrough, a team including IGI’s
@urnov.bsky.social & @giannikopoulosp.bsky.social created an on-demand #CRISPR therapy for an infant with a deadly gene mutation — developed, approved, and delivered to the patient in just 6 months.
Read more: ow.ly/G0Bg50VTonC
#RareDisease 🧬
@urnov.bsky.social & @giannikopoulosp.bsky.social created an on-demand #CRISPR therapy for an infant with a deadly gene mutation — developed, approved, and delivered to the patient in just 6 months.
Read more: ow.ly/G0Bg50VTonC
#RareDisease 🧬
May 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In a medical breakthrough, a team including IGI’s
@urnov.bsky.social & @giannikopoulosp.bsky.social created an on-demand #CRISPR therapy for an infant with a deadly gene mutation — developed, approved, and delivered to the patient in just 6 months.
Read more: ow.ly/G0Bg50VTonC
#RareDisease 🧬
@urnov.bsky.social & @giannikopoulosp.bsky.social created an on-demand #CRISPR therapy for an infant with a deadly gene mutation — developed, approved, and delivered to the patient in just 6 months.
Read more: ow.ly/G0Bg50VTonC
#RareDisease 🧬
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Phage genomes are full of mysterious proteins that could be harnessed to create new genomic tools. IGI's @doudna-lab.bsky.social & @cresslab.bsky.social with co-first authors @benadler.bsky.social & Muntathar Jamal Al-Shimary detail a new way to exploring phage genomes: ow.ly/uucL50V77n0 🧪🦠🧬
March 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Phage genomes are full of mysterious proteins that could be harnessed to create new genomic tools. IGI's @doudna-lab.bsky.social & @cresslab.bsky.social with co-first authors @benadler.bsky.social & Muntathar Jamal Al-Shimary detail a new way to exploring phage genomes: ow.ly/uucL50V77n0 🧪🦠🧬
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🌟 Big Give is now LIVE! Consider supporting a group of passionate young scientists running experimental teams, training initiatives, and building a synbio community by students FOR students 🧑🔬
bit.ly/igem-give25
#CalBigGive #iGEMBerkeley #bioengineering #syntheticbiology
bit.ly/igem-give25
#CalBigGive #iGEMBerkeley #bioengineering #syntheticbiology
March 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
🌟 Big Give is now LIVE! Consider supporting a group of passionate young scientists running experimental teams, training initiatives, and building a synbio community by students FOR students 🧑🔬
bit.ly/igem-give25
#CalBigGive #iGEMBerkeley #bioengineering #syntheticbiology
bit.ly/igem-give25
#CalBigGive #iGEMBerkeley #bioengineering #syntheticbiology
The Rubin Lab had an awesome summer hosting Hampton University senior Alex Mendez under the mentorship of @atp-alker.bsky.social and @jayman1466.bsky.social last year. We're excited to see this initiative grow, and thrilled to see more students at IGI labs in the summers ahead! 🌟🧑🔬
March 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Rubin Lab had an awesome summer hosting Hampton University senior Alex Mendez under the mentorship of @atp-alker.bsky.social and @jayman1466.bsky.social last year. We're excited to see this initiative grow, and thrilled to see more students at IGI labs in the summers ahead! 🌟🧑🔬
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Thanks to out @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social community for joining us at Stand Up For Science! @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social spoke about how NIH funding supported her PhD & NSF funding supported her development of #CRISPR genome editing. Federal funding is needed for life-saving science!
March 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Thanks to out @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social community for joining us at Stand Up For Science! @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social spoke about how NIH funding supported her PhD & NSF funding supported her development of #CRISPR genome editing. Federal funding is needed for life-saving science!
At the labs' favorite, Cholita Linda 💁
February 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
At the labs' favorite, Cholita Linda 💁
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Today, the IGI turns 10! We’ve grown from a fledgling initiative focused around developing #CRISPR tools to a full-blown research institute bringing together leaders in basic & translational research! ⚕️💊🌱☀️
Take a look at our timeline & key achievements from our first decade: ow.ly/GzVt50UTsbP
Take a look at our timeline & key achievements from our first decade: ow.ly/GzVt50UTsbP
February 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today, the IGI turns 10! We’ve grown from a fledgling initiative focused around developing #CRISPR tools to a full-blown research institute bringing together leaders in basic & translational research! ⚕️💊🌱☀️
Take a look at our timeline & key achievements from our first decade: ow.ly/GzVt50UTsbP
Take a look at our timeline & key achievements from our first decade: ow.ly/GzVt50UTsbP
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Fascinating new preprint from @therubinlab.bsky.social out today: "Generating functional plasmid origins with OriGen"
🧬 🖥️🧪🦠
🧬 🖥️🧪🦠
We are thrilled to share our latest work: OriGen--the first AI system to generate functional DNA replication sequences! ⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Fascinating new preprint from @therubinlab.bsky.social out today: "Generating functional plasmid origins with OriGen"
🧬 🖥️🧪🦠
🧬 🖥️🧪🦠
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This is probably one of the coolest articles I have seen in a while.
Haven't fully grasped it yet , but new improved annotation of plasmid replication apparatuses (very important) AND de novo replication design!
This might improve our understanding of plasmids a lot.
Haven't fully grasped it yet , but new improved annotation of plasmid replication apparatuses (very important) AND de novo replication design!
This might improve our understanding of plasmids a lot.
Generating functional plasmid origins with OriGen
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
February 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This is probably one of the coolest articles I have seen in a while.
Haven't fully grasped it yet , but new improved annotation of plasmid replication apparatuses (very important) AND de novo replication design!
This might improve our understanding of plasmids a lot.
Haven't fully grasped it yet , but new improved annotation of plasmid replication apparatuses (very important) AND de novo replication design!
This might improve our understanding of plasmids a lot.
We are thrilled to share our latest work: OriGen--the first AI system to generate functional DNA replication sequences! ⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We are thrilled to share our latest work: OriGen--the first AI system to generate functional DNA replication sequences! ⬇️
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The best birthday gift was being able to reflect on how much we’ve grown (both in lab size and research progress) since I started at Berkeley two years ago!
Grateful for this chapter and the incredible community we built along the way!
@therubinlab.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
Grateful for this chapter and the incredible community we built along the way!
@therubinlab.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
The Rubin Lab had an amazing new year celebration dinner with @cresslab.bsky.social highlighting lab accomplishments throughout the past year, new members, papers, and our amazing postdoc @aalker.bsky.social's (and soon-to-be assistant professor at University of Rhode Island) birthday!
February 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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The Rubin Lab had an amazing new year celebration dinner with @cresslab.bsky.social highlighting lab accomplishments throughout the past year, new members, papers, and our amazing postdoc @aalker.bsky.social's (and soon-to-be assistant professor at University of Rhode Island) birthday!
February 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Rubin Lab had an amazing new year celebration dinner with @cresslab.bsky.social highlighting lab accomplishments throughout the past year, new members, papers, and our amazing postdoc @aalker.bsky.social's (and soon-to-be assistant professor at University of Rhode Island) birthday!
👋 Hello from the Rubin Lab's first post on Bluesky!
Learn more about our research here: therubinlab.org/research
Learn more about our research here: therubinlab.org/research
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February 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
👋 Hello from the Rubin Lab's first post on Bluesky!
Learn more about our research here: therubinlab.org/research
Learn more about our research here: therubinlab.org/research