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Basem Al-Shayeb, is the founder and former Chief Technology Officer[1][2] of Amber Bio, which aims to develop multi-kilobase RNA editing therapies and has raised $26 million in funding.[3][4][5][6] He is a researcher at the Innovative Genomics Institute.[7] He led the discovery of the largest known bacteriophages,[8][9][10][11] the smallest CRISPR gene editing systems,[12][13][14][15] and Borgs in methane-oxidizing archaea.[16][17][18][19][20] He was named Forbes 30 Under 30 and Arab America's 30 Under 30. [21][22]

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  3. ^ Rice, India. "This Startup Just Raised $26 Million To Develop Safer Gene Editing Tools". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  4. ^ "New RNA-Editing Company, Amber Bio, Launches Multi-Kilobase Editing Platform". GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  5. ^ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230803489484/en/Amber-Bio-Raises-26-Million-Seed-Financing-Co-Led-by-Playground-Global-and-Andreessen-Horowitz-to-Advance-New-RNA-Based-Gene-Editing-Platform
  6. ^ "RNA editing start-up Amber Bio launches with $26 million". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  7. ^ "Meet an IGI Scientist: Basem Al-Shayeb". Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI). Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  8. ^ York, Ashley (April 2020). "Too big to be ignored". Nature Reviews Microbiology. 18 (4): 192. doi:10.1038/s41579-020-0341-z. ISSN 1740-1534. PMID 32066943. S2CID 211127892.
  9. ^ Koumoundouros, Tessa. "Scientists Discover Giant Viruses With Features Only Seen Before in Living Cells". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  10. ^ "Hundreds Of New Viruses With Enormous Genomes Blur The Boundaries Of Life". IFLScience. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  11. ^ Knapp, Alex. "30 Under 30 In Science 2021: Building Better Trees, Supernova Simulations And Holograms". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  12. ^ "News: Tiny but Mighty: How Researchers Found a New Game-Changing CRISPR Tool". CRISPR Medicine. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  13. ^ Mayer, Kevin (2020-07-16). "Tiny Cas Protein, Huge Gene Editing Potential … Thanks, Megaphage!". GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  14. ^ S, Robert; ers; relations|, Media (2020-07-16). "Megaphages harbor mini-Cas proteins ideal for gene editing". Berkeley News. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  15. ^ "Basem Al-Shayeb". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  16. ^ "Previously undiscovered DNA 'borgs' found on California wetlands". The Independent. 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  17. ^ Staff, Lauren Huang | (2021-07-19). "UC Berkeley researchers discover unique DNA sequences". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  18. ^ "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, BECAUSE STAR TREK'S BORG ARE REAL AND CAN ASSIMILATE DNA FROM MICROBES". SYFY. August 2, 2021.
  19. ^ "Mysterious DNA sequences, known as 'Borgs,' recovered from California mud". www.science.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  20. ^ "Scientists discover Borgs, DNA strands that assimilate genes from their hosts". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  21. ^ "Basem Al-Shayeb". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  22. ^ "Arab America Foundation Announces 30 Under 30 Awardees-Class of 2021". Arab America. 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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