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Cress Lab @cresslab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Our lab is proud to present our latest work harnessing Bridge Recombinase for genome-scale editing in diverse bacteria, microbiome editing, and programmable horizontal gene transfer.

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Alex Crits-Christoph @acritschristoph.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Really crazy that these massive genes are 6% of the 1.5 Mbp genome in this bee gut symbiont:

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Tae Seok Moon @taeseokmoon.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

#SynBYSS conference is scheduled on Jun 8-11, 2026 in Barcelona. Given the 100-year celebration of Architect Gaudi in Barcelona, we suggest early booking of hotels. Details can be found: www.jcvi.org/events/synbyss (speakers, abstract submission & registration) @jcvi.org @marcguellc.bsky.social

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SynBYSS

The International SynBYSS Conference is focused on bringing together the synthetic biology community with the explicit goal of developing young...

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

We are extremely excited to share our newly designed lab website with our friends and scientific community: www.diamondlab.bio Design/coding performed by @gabo-bellamy.bsky.social with help from @leymiloslavich.bsky.social for infrastructure support. Huge thanks for bringing to fruition!!!

Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🚨 Our Lab is HIRING! If you are interested in characterizing model microbiomes using genome-resolved methods, statistical/metabolic modeling, and/or machine learning please submit an application here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05234 #postdoc #sciencejobs #biology #microbiome

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Postdoc - Microbiome - Innovative Genomics Institute

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Sarah J Tucker @sjtucker.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I'm delighted our paper is out: doi.org/10.1093/isme... With new SAR11 isolate genomes and time-series metagenomes, we reveal coastal and offshore SAR11 ecotypes, identify associated metabolic traits, and pinpoint selective gene sweeps as a likely evolutionary driver to niche partitioning. 🌊🦠

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Habitat-specificity in SAR11 is associated with a few genes under high selection

Abstract. The order Pelagibacterales (SAR11) is the most abundant group of heterotrophic bacteria in the global surface ocean, where individual sublineages

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Amy Quinton @amymquinton.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

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 🧪

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.

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The Hess Lab @ UC Davis @thehesslab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Proud to finally have this work published and freely available for everyone: microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

📣🦠 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 · 03/09/2025

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.

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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 · 03/09/2025

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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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

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 · 18/08/2025

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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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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 · 01/08/2025

‼️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 · 01/08/2025

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

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

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

Science x Art - Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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

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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 · 17/07/2025

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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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 · 16/07/2025

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

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Hess Laboratory – Systems Microbiology & Natural Products Research

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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

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 · 11/07/2025

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

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Andreja Kust @andrejakust.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🚨 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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Innovative Genomics Institute @innovativegenomics.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Out now from @diamondlab.bsky.social — stable microbiome communities using tractable cyanobacteria. An important development for folks working on cyanobacteria, microbial community formation and establishment in lab settings, and microbial community ecology! Read here: tinyurl.com/3cs2x6r7

Nostoc cyanobacteria by My Microscopic World

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

🥳🥳 Our work exploring the core microbiomes of stable cyanobacterial communities is now out in the @isme-microbes.bsky.social Journal!!! Excellent work by @andrejakust.bsky.social and company! #microbiology #cyanobacteria #metagenomics

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 09/07/2025

Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.

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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

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Tomas Hessler @tomas-hessler.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

We’re happy to share our preprint where applied phages to Microbiomes to test microbial interaction hypotheses - without losing the relevance of the community. Bonus: using SNPs we studied how our targeted organism recovers from infection, and find how the community likely influences this process.

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Diamond Lab @diamondlab.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Hello Bluesky! Our lab is very excited to be here. This is post is a little older but is a really lovely article by the @washingtonpost.com and @shannonosaka.bsky.social about some of the work we are doing on microbiomes to combat climate change! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu... #microbiome

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Scientists may have found a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet

Scientists are studying how to genetically modify the makeup of cows’ gut microbiomes to prevent their planet-warming methane emissions.

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