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DNA-level editing of microbial communities for understanding and control.
Overview
  • Microbial communities are major contributors to the uptake and release of greenhouse gasses and are critical regulators of human health; however, efforts to precisely engineer their constituents' DNA are nascent. Our laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley brings DNA-editing tools to microbiomes.

  • In the short term, this approach should provide understanding of the interactions and unstudied organisms within communities.

  • Over the longer term, community editing offers a precise means for controlling microbiomes that are instrumental to our health, agriculture, climate, and industry.

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The Lab

May 16, 2025

Emily receives the UC Berkeley Rose Hills Summer Scholarship to support intensive undergraduate summer research!

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The Lab

April 2, 2025

Welcome to postdoctoral researcher Madeline!

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Social

March 8, 2025

Jigyasa is featured in the Lawrence of Hall of Science's "Future of Food" exhibit!

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The Lab

February 21, 2025

Amanda wraps up her postdoc and heads off to the University of Rhode Island to start her new lab and assistant professor position!

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