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Gladstone in the News September 18, 2023

CRISPR Cures for Cancer: Partnership to Accelerate Cell Therapy Using Genomics

UCSF News—Gladstone Senior Investigators Alex Marson and Jennifer Doudna, and President of the UC San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Alan Ashworth, will head the newly launched CRISPR Cures for Cancer Initiative, which will fund research at the intersection of genomic technologies and cellular immunotherapies at Gladstone Institutes, UC San Francisco, and the Innovative Genomics Institute at UC Berkeley.

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Article August 17, 2023

The Best Thing Since Sliced Tissue

A new tool created by Gladstone researchers aligns data from tissue slices virtually, expanding possibilities for 3D analysis

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Article August 2, 2023

“A Molecular Biology Tour de Force:” Pinpointing a Heart-Protective DNA Change

A Q&A with researchers Bruce Conklin and Juan Perez-Bermejo

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Gladstone in the News June 30, 2023

The Audacious Pursuits of Jennifer Doudna

Nob Hill Gazette—Senior Investigator and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna talks about CRISPR, its current and future clinical uses and their ethical implications, her life in science and a new direction for CRISPR called “The Audacious Project”.

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Gladstone in the News April 27, 2023

What Cheetahs, Armadillos, and Whales Revealed About Human DNA

New York Times—A group of studies comparing the human genome to that of 239 other mammalian species has cast light on what makes humans unique. In particular, work from Katie Pollard, director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, shows that changes to the way DNA folds may have been a part of what allowed humans to evolve large, powerful brains.

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Gladstone in the News April 27, 2023

We Probably Have Big Brains Because We Got Lucky

Popular Science—A new study from Katie Pollard, director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, indicates that chance structural changes in the human genome were what allowed humans to evolve the larger brains that set us apart from our primate ancestors.

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Article April 27, 2023

Study Suggests Catalyst for Human Brain Evolution

Large structural changes to the genomes of human ancestors could have spurred the smaller changes that set human brains apart from other primates

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Gladstone in the News April 20, 2023

A Brief but Spectacular Take on the Future of CRISPR

PBS News—Nobel Prize Laureate and Gladstone Senior Investigator Jennifer Doudna reflects on the responsible use of CRISPR, the genome editing tool she co-discovered.

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Gladstone in the News April 5, 2023

4D Nucleome Program Highlights

National Institutes of Health—Senior Investigator Katie Pollard, PhD, is featured for her work on genome organization during heart development and talks about her career path in a recent highlight of the National Institutes of Health’s 4D Nucleome program.

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Article February 24, 2023

Katie Pollard Named L.K. Whittier Director of the Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology

This distinction recognizes her contributions to the expanding field of data science

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Gladstone in the News February 10, 2023

Filming a Movie Using CRISPR Technology

Science is Fun Podcast—Assistant Investigator Seth Shipman describes his remarkable technological advance repurposing CRISPR gene editing technology to record information inside living cells.

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Article January 13, 2023

Evolution of Uniquely Human DNA Was a Balancing Act, Study Concludes

Many changes to the genomes of early humans had opposing effects from each other, possibly because of a delicate balance between improved cognition and psychiatric disease risk

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Article December 9, 2022

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Revisit some of Gladstone’s most important stories from the past year

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Article October 17, 2022

Gladstone Data Scientist Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Katie Pollard is recognized for discovering fast-evolving regions of the human genome and for creating open-source software used by scientists worldwide

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Gladstone in the News October 17, 2022

National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members

National Academy of Medicine—Katie Pollard, PhD, senior investigator and director of the Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, in recognition of her discovery of fast-evolving regions in the human genome associated with psychiatric diseases, and of her open-source software used worldwide by genome scientists.

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