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Featured StoryMarch 5, 2026

UC Berkeley News features Carlotta Ronda in 101 in 101 video series

UC Berkeley News profiles Dr. Ronda's work on CRISPR microbiome editing and describes the goal of turning gut microbes into programmable, health-supporting factories.

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People and milestones

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Fellowship2024–2025

Carlotta Ronda named an HS Chau WIES Fellow

The fellowship supported the transition from microbiome-engineering methods to an independent research program at Berkeley.

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Fellowship · 2025

Brayon Fremin named an LSEC–Nucleate Venture Fellow

The Berkeley fellowship offers hands-on experience evaluating emerging technologies and translating research into new ventures.

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UC Berkeley undergraduate research

SURF

Undergraduate recognition2026

Kylie Huang selected as a SURF fellow

Her project engineers programmable bacterial factories for localized extracellular contractile injection system delivery.

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UC Berkeley undergraduate research

LSBE

Undergraduate recognition

Kylie Huang receives an LSBE research scholarship

The scholarship supports Kylie’s undergraduate research.

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UC Berkeley undergraduate research

ROSE HILLS

Undergraduate recognition2026

Andrew Nguyen named a Rose Hills Fellow

His project maps microbiome-driven GPCR activation patterns associated with inflammatory disease.

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UC Berkeley undergraduate research

SURF

Undergraduate recognition

Nandika Nambiar selected as a SURF fellow

Her project explores CRISPR-based targeting of Fusobacterium nucleatum in colorectal cancer.

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Research in the news

Researchers working at an anaerobic chamber in the Ronda Lab

Columbia University Irving Medical CenterSep 2025

Supercharging Bacteria to Fight Food Poisoning

BACTRINS disabled Shiga toxin genes in gut bacteria and improved survival in a mouse infection model.

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Innovative Genomics Institute

IGI Investigator Carlotta Ronda's New Tool for Precision Microbiome Editing

In mice, targeted DNA insertion disabled a Shiga toxin gene in gut bacteria while adding a gene for a protective protein.

Innovative Genomics Institute

IGI's 'Audacious' New Frontier for CRISPR: Editing Microbiomes for Climate and Health

The Audacious Project supports an IGI initiative to develop CRISPR microbiome editing for human health and climate applications.

Talks and interviews

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panel2025
The Innovative Genomics Institute: A Decade of CRISPR Tech
UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science, Basic Science Lights the Way
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video interview2025
How Science Can Solve Food Poisoning
Curious by Nature · Newswise
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podcast2024
Biomes Podcast (Season 3, Episode 5)
Biomes Podcast with Ruairi Robertson
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UC Berkeley News features Carlotta Ronda in 101 in 101 video series

Milestones from across the lab.

Carlotta Ronda named an HS Chau WIES Fellow

Brayon Fremin named an LSEC–Nucleate Venture Fellow

Kylie Huang selected as a SURF fellow

Kylie Huang receives an LSBE research scholarship

Andrew Nguyen named a Rose Hills Fellow

Nandika Nambiar selected as a SURF fellow

Research in the news

Supercharging Bacteria to Fight Food Poisoning

IGI Investigator Carlotta Ronda's New Tool for Precision Microbiome Editing

IGI's 'Audacious' New Frontier for CRISPR: Editing Microbiomes for Climate and Health

Talks and interviews

The Innovative Genomics Institute: A Decade of CRISPR Tech

How Science Can Solve Food Poisoning

Biomes Podcast (Season 3, Episode 5)

Read the science behind the headlines.