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On April 30, Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) Assistant Professor Dr. Kiana Aran and her collaborators published an article titled “Rapid and Electronic Identification and Quantification of Age-Specific Circulating Exosomes via Biologically Activated Graphene Transistors” in the peer-reviewed journal Advanced Biology. Now, the article—on a novel biosensor called the EV-Chip—has been featured on the front cover […]

Our EV-Chip Paper is the Front Cover Article for Advanced Biology. Quantitative detection of age specific circulating exosomes using our graphene transistors. No optical instrumentations and no labels. Read more

Dr. Kiana Aran was recently featured in the Finding Genius Podcast where she spoke about how the CRISPR Chip technology and biology may lead to the next generation electronic sensors. Read more

Kiana Aran, Ph.D. is an electrical engineer with a driving interest in biology that has led her to combining these two seemingly unconnected fields. Her research has led to the discovery that amplification is not required for targeted DNA and gene detection. In this podcast she discussed: How functionalizing materials can be used in biosensing technologies […]

Our collaborator from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Irina Conboy, recently interviewed with Longevity Technology. Dr. Conboy discussed how our CRISPR-Chip technology can be used as a diagnostic tool. She believes that this technology can play a significant role in driving our understanding of aging and rejuvenation as well. Read more

Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) Assistant Professor Dr. Kiana Aran and collaborators have published a paper titled “Rapid and Electronic Identification and Quantification of Age-Specific Circulating Exosomes via Biologically Activated Graphene Transistors” this month in the peer-reviewed journal Advanced Biology. Read more

Written by Sarah Balderston, a KGI Research Associate, Cardea Bio Scientist, and incoming PhD student at Caltech. When I began my undergraduate degree at Scripps College, I was certain that I wanted to be a medical doctor. Read more

Published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, SNP-Chip is the result of a collaborative effort between Cardea Bio, the Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), University of California Berkeley, University of California Irvine, Vilniaus University, and CasZyme. SNP-Chip is a new iteration of the technology that uses a novel Cas nuclease to detect single nucleotide mutations in samples from […]

A study led by researchers at the Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), UC Berkeley and Vilnius University demonstrated new disease-detection capabilities of a hand-held device based on CRISPR gene editing technology, a development that could lead to faster, portable genetic testing for diagnostics and research. Read more

Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) Assistant Professor and University of California, Berkeley Visiting Scientist Dr. Kiana Aran first introduced the CRISPR-Chip technology in 2019. Now just two years later, she has expanded on its application to develop CRISPR-SNP-Chip, which enables detection of single point mutations without amplification in Sickle Cell Disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). […]