Plants are our most scalable technology for managing atmospheric CO₂. Can we CRISPR them to capture it faster? 🌱
Our review: “𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯” is out now. With co-first author
Flora Wang + the Niyogi, Savage, and Lemaux Labs at UC Berkeley + IGI.
Excited to see the major chapter of my PhD in print!
We present a massively-parallel approach for screening CRISPR edits in plants to speed up agricultural test cycles + benchmark genomic LMs.
Thanks to my fantastic co-authors and advisors. Link below!
ICYMI: Genome engineering of plant photosynthesis for carbon sequestration
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping cis-regulatory mutations at scale in sorghum enables modulation of gene expression - @savagecatsonly.bsky.social go.nature.com/3O7mDEN
We have been cooking up this story for a while and we are excited to finally be able to share!
Read on if you're interested in whole plant regeneration WITHOUT the application of hormones!
IGI’s #CRISPR course with the African Plant Breeding Academy teaches plant scientists from across Africa to use CRISPR in locally important crops! Evan Groover talked to us about the potential for impact & the latest cohort: ow.ly/p7m850V80oX 🌍🌾🧬
"There are now over 250 graduates of the AOCC course whose breeding efforts feed tens of millions of people across Africa. Our #CRISPR course piggybacks on that... accelerate crop improvement as is only possible by using gene editing." --> lnkd.in/erA9-iSX 🌍🌾🧬
Gene editing to enhance photosynthesis in crop plants offers a strategy to boost plant carbon capture and mitigate climate change. This Review explores the agronomic, molecular and technical challenge...
www.nature.com
Nature Reviews Bioengineering, Published online: 26 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s44222-026-00453-3Gene editing to enhance photosynthesis in crop plants offers a strategy to boost plant carbon capture and mitigate climate change. This Review explores the agronomic, molecular and technical challenges in engineering photosynthesis for carbon sequestration as well as the genetic tools and editing technologies that can improve plant productivity and carbon storage.
Can CRISPR edits enable precise tuning of plant gene expression? We think: yes.
In our newest manuscript, we measured the effects of >30,000 CRISPR-like promoter mutations in sorghum protoplasts.
