Food security for a growing population. Effective therapeutic drugs and antibiotics. Automated synthesis of new molecules and proteins. Using a team-based, collaborative science approach, researchers at the IGB are addressing these and other complex issues. Our main areas of research below are each supported by our strong commitment to fundamental science – the pursuit of discovery.
How the genome enhances, affects, or disrupts physical and mental wellbeing.
Advancing our capability to shape the world and capacity to understand each other.
Sustainably feeding and fueling a planet impacted by a changing global climate.
Encouraging the public to understand how genomics affects daily life and society.