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Many of the most remarkable tools in genome engineering have humble beginnings. This week, ӳý core member Feng Zhang and his colleagues from MIT and Rockefeller University on one of the newest additions to the growing list of genome editing technologies. Known as CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) systems,

This week, Mitch Guttman — one of the ӳý’s first generation of “alumni” — was named to the Forbes "" list of rising stars. This accolade comes on the heels of another prestigious honor for Guttman, who received an NIH in the fall.

Most likely, German physician Robert Koch never dreamed of genomes. When he died in 1910, Koch certainly didn’t know that a century later his work would still have echoes in the research of physicians and geneticists interested in our genes’ inner workings and how the code within us leads to disease.