Congrats to IGI Investigator Matt Kan! 🥂 Learn more about Matt's journey in science and his immunology research in our short profile: innovativegenomics.org/news/meet-an...

Thanks to @erictopol.bsky.social for the in-depth coverage of this story. We are proud to be part of the team that created this treatment and thrilled to see KJ doing so well! 🧬

And to my brilliant and supportive colleagues @doudna-lab.bsky.social who have helped me refine and test my ideas every day in the lab 🙏

With much appreciation for my mentors, Jennifer Doudna and Jennifer Puck, my translational guru @urnov.bsky.social , the tremendous ecosystem at @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @innovativegenomics.bsky.social and Danaher Corp for supporting our vision of genetic cures for rare diseases.

This grant not only funds a pivotal part of my career, but is external validation that the research that I'm pursuing to develop CRISPR based therapies for children with inherited immune diseases is important and rigorous.

Elated to share that I was awarded a K08 clinician-scientist research career development award from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases!

illustration of Matt and his son looking across the Bay

"We’re trying to accomplish a vision of genome editing that people have been dreaming about for 40 or 50 years, but didn’t have the tools. And now... We finally have the tools." — IGI physician-scientist @matthewkan.bsky.social

Read more: ow.ly/VbGk50Shaz1

#AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPI #CRISPR

The NIH grant that has supported 38 years of training the best pediatrician-scientists in the country (I’m a proud former recipient) was cancelled. It was just approved for a 5 year renewal. The PSDP has supported the careers of many NIH-funded pediatrician-scientists and thought leaders

I also live in Oakland and by happenstance, saw an Anna’s hummingbird right before listening and was very perplexed by the shifting magenta colors. Thank you for explaining and your advocacy for understanding our natural world!

A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate (Gift Article) A mutant gene is coming to steal Linde Jacobs’s mind. Can she find a way to stop it?

This beautiful and moving story tells the story of Linde's fight to change the future of those with genetic FTD. We are working to create a CRISPR MAPT-FTD therapy and a better future for Linde and all with genetic neurodegenerative conditions. Thanks for sharing your story Linde!
shorturl.at/DOK1J

Drug Company to Share Revenues With Indigenous People Who Donated Their Genes Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes.

Inspiring work of how to include and share the rewards of genetic studies from indigenous populations with the communities that shared their genomes

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/h...

The Alker lab at the University of Rhode Island is hiring (students, postdocs and lab staff)! We use cutting edge tools in microbiology to investigate marine animal symbioses. Email or DM for further inquiries

🚨 The Alker Lab is starting at the University of Rhode Island in early 2025 and we will be hiring! 🚨

If you are interested in marine microbiology, bacterial genetics and/or symbiosis, please consider reaching out! Repost to help spread the word 🪸🧪🧬🌊