In observance of of #ShutDownSTEM we have drafted a Statement of Support for the #BLM movement with a list of actions we will take to combat racism and enforce equity and diversity in our community #BlackLivesMatter #ShutDownAcademia @UCSDChemBiochem @AcademicChatter @UCSDPhySci

Precise, minimally evolved adenine base editors generated through mutation reversion analysis go.nature.com/4rHWkmu

Congrats to @UCSDAstro's Dusan Keres and @KomorLab on making the 2025 list of #HighlyCitedResearchers for their contributes extending the frontiers of knowledge and to innovations that make the world healthier and more sustainable.” @UCSDChemBiochem bit.ly/47Ozx1F

Excited to share my talk hosted by UCTV "A Closer Look at…Genetic Medicine and Artificial Intelligence" discussing RNA, AI and genetic medicine. Together with @KomorLab youtu.be/SSpE8BNOebg?si=5LQ5… via @YouTube

.@SecKennedy - thank you so much for your broad support for gene editing and gene therapies as well as recognizing the importance of Baby KJ’s story and the potential that CRISPR base editing therapies hold for patients with severe genetic diseases. I’m thrilled you have publicly recognized the Herculean efforts that made KJs therapy possible, from the physicians @CHOP like @kiranmusunuru and Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas to the technological innovation in @davidrliu and @BKleinstiver labs, and especially the coordination and cooperation of the regulators @US_FDA that made this possible. The gene editing medicine KJ received, a CRISPR adenine base editor was invented and developed in @davidrliu lab @Harvard with government grants from the NIH. This life-saving medicine, and so many future technologies, could not and will not be possible without government grants such as the one that supported this work, but are now shut off by this administration. So PLEASE ask this administration to stop attacking our academic institutions and restore government funding to @Harvard (where again, KJ’s medicine was created!!) We cannot have stories like KJ’s without full and unwavering support from the US government. Please help, please.

Ten scientists are leading a new generation of gene editors developing CRISPR medicines. Names include @KomorLab, @jgooten, @omarabudayyeh, @pdhsu, and @bsadamson. See the full list here: trib.al/AkCuGIp

Thank you @MeganMolteni for including me in this amazing lineup of scientists!

The impact of CRISPR genome editing transcends potential cures. It's changing our understanding of what drives cancer and new ways to intervene @ScienceMagazine by @KomorLab and colleagues science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Congratulations to @davidrliu for being awarded the 2024 A.I. Scott medal in Chemistry. It was also the first time all four of us presented at the same event! @KomorLab

Research Highlight by @madhuramukho: Multiplexed Orthogonal Base Editor (MOBE) systems developed by @komorlab, @quinn_cowan_sci & colleagues is a suite of tools that use RNA aptamer systems to enable simultaneous distinct point mutations at different loci. nature.com/articles/s41592-0…

Thank you @naturemethods @madhuramukho for highlighting our research: Development of Multiplexed Orthogonal Base Editor (MOBE) systems! 🧬@KomorLab @UCSDChemBiochem @UCSDPhySci nature.com/articles/s41592-0…

Base editing can introduce a precise mutation into the genome. But what if one wants to make multiple different types of base edits at the same time? That’s why @KomorLab from @UCSDPhySci created MOBE, a multiplexed base editing toolkit. bit.ly/4ctUtLg

Development of multiplexed orthogonal base editor (MOBE) systems go.nature.com/3K8Kfn1

Excited my PhD work is out now @NatureBiotech! We report Multiplexed Orthogonal Base Editor (MOBE) systems: tools to simultaneously install distinct point mutations. MOBEs introduce co-occurring genetic variants (polygenic disease, haplotypes)🧬 🧵⬇️ 1/ go.nature.com/3K8Kfn1

Congrats to Dr. Cowan @Quinn_Cowan_sci who just defended his thesis! He aptly celebrated the occasion with a lei made of the flow cells from his HTS runs. Be on the lookout for his paper, which is coming out soon! 👀🎉

Huge thanks to our collaborators @KomorLab and Rahul Kohli, who were instrumental in this work. We also thank @NatureComms for the opportunity to publish our work!

Congrats to Dr. Ranzau @brodieranzau who defended his thesis yesterday! If you haven’t yet checked out his awesome work detecting DNA editing activity by wtTAdA, give it a read here: chemistry-europe.onlinelibra…

Congrats to Dr. Porto @ElizabethMPorto who defended her thesis today! Next up she is heading to Boston to start a job as a life sciences consultant at Clarion!!

So delighted to welcome our 1st Holland Award recipients to the #CottrellScholar community! Luis Colón @LuisColonLab, Raychelle Burks @DrRubidium, Jane Liu @pomonacollege, Malika Jeffries-El @Chem_Diva, Ted Goodson @MichiganChem & Robert Gilliard @rjgilliard.

It’s always a fun, insightful, and thought-provoking time when @RCSA1 holds a conference. Got some really great ideas for promoting cultural change, thanks so much to @jenheemstra @TehshikYoon and our fearless leader @ronco_sronco for leading/organizing!

Looks like the newest members of the #CottrellScholar community are ready to incentivize some cultural change! Thanks to EVERYONE for a great conference.