We're proud to share the 2026 #ASGCT Catalyst award with our collaborators at CHOP and Danaher, and even more proud to see Baby KJ thriving after receiving the first ever personalized #CRISPR therapy! Read more here: https://ow.ly/WmpP50YYtby

Honored to receive the inaugural “Above and Beyond” award from the Clinical Immunology Society (CIS), alongside Xiao Peng, Josh Milner, and Jennifer Puck, for our efforts to organize newborn screening for inborn errors of immunity by genomic sequencing!

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...

Matthew Kan@matthewkan.bsky.social · last yr.

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

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! 🧬

Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · last yr.

This week's genome editing triumph is a big deal. Here's why erictopol.substack.com/p/the-first-...

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

"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

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

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?

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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...

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.

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🚨 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 🪸🧪🧬🌊