# Institute of Genetics CAS

ePE platforms — Enhanced prime editing in crops and cells.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/institute-of-genetics-cas/
Updated: 2026-06-26

- Country: China

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Affiliation | Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGDB, CAS) | http://english.genetics.cas.cn/headline/202203/t20220323_302940.html, http://english.genetics.cas.cn/yjzx/CM/, http://gaolab.genetics.ac.cn/cy/cygs/, http://gaolab.genetics.ac.cn/en/, https://genetics.cas.cn/dtxw/snyw/202406/t20240603_7183233.html |
| Research focus | precision genome editing technologies and methods for crop breeding | http://gaolab.genetics.ac.cn/en/memb/po/ |
| Facility | Genome Editing Center (IGDB, CAS); Center for Molecular Agrobiology; State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics | http://english.genetics.cas.cn/yjzx/CM/, http://gaolab.genetics.ac.cn/cy/cygs/, https://genetics.cas.cn/dtxw/snyw/202406/t20240603_7183233.html, https://genetics.cas.cn/jgsh/, https://genetics.cas.cn/yjdw/ |
| Grant | National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Key R&D Program of China; Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Research Program A; New Cornerstone Investigator Program | http://english.genetics.cas.cn/headline/202203/t20220323_302940.html, http://gaolab.genetics.ac.cn/en/memb/excellence/, https://genetics.cas.cn/dtxw/snyw/202406/t20240603_7183233.html, https://www.broadinstitute.org/news/scientists-improve-nearly-every-aspect-prime-editing-moving-it-closer-treating-more-genetic |
| Publications | Publications in journals including Cell (4 papers), Science, Nature, and Nature Biotechnology (18 papers); over 12,000 SCI citations | http://gaolab.genetics.ac.cn/ |
| Principal staff | Caixia Gao (Principal Investigator) | http://english.genetics.cas.cn/headline/202203/t20220323_302940.html, http://gaolab.genetics.ac.cn/cy/cygs/, http://gaolab.genetics.ac.cn/en/memb/po/ |
| Headcount | Over 40 members (including researchers, postdocs, graduate students, and technical staff) | http://gaolab.genetics.ac.cn/, http://gaolab.genetics.ac.cn/en/ |

Independent sources: broadinstitute.org, english.genetics.cas.cn, gaolab.genetics.ac.cn, genetics.cas.cn

## Technologies

- [Prime editing](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/prime-editing/)