A look at our lab spaces and research at UC Berkeley's Innovative Genomics Institute.
UC Berkeley's Genome Engineering Hub
The Ronda Lab is housed at the Innovative Genomics Institute at UC Berkeley. The building brings together researchers working across CRISPR biology, microbiology, and therapeutic development.
2023
Lab established
Berkeley, CA
Location
We study and engineer microbes using microbiology and molecular biology. Work at these benches includes growing microbes, building genetic tools, and testing how DNA moves between bacteria.
We use gut organoids, small tissue models grown from human stem cells, to study how microbes and the molecules they produce affect host cells.
A human intestinal organoid, cut away to show the lumen
Explore tissue models
Connections to test
Microbial genomes can point us toward molecules that may affect host cells. We pair that analysis with experiments in human tissue models to test the connection.
Bacterial genome, candidate molecules, and host epithelium
Explore Systems Biology
Our projects connect researchers in microbial engineering, human tissue models, and computational biology. We work with other groups at IGI and collaborators at partner institutions.
