#  CRISPR-Cas System and the Future of Genome Editing 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 10, 2016** 

 09:30AM - 01:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Medical School, Armenise Amphitheater, 210 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA**  



 

 



 

**Course Description**  
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) RNAs and their CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins are an important part of adaptive immune systems in many prokaryotes. CRISPR-Cas systems function as RNA-directed endonucleases that can target nucleic acids in a sequence-specific manner and are now widely used as genome editing tools. In this course, we will provide lectures covering: an introduction to genome editing and cutting-edge improvements to CRISPR-Cas systems; a review of bioinformatics tools for guide RNA design and analysis of CRISPR-Cas data; and an overview of on-going and potential therapeutic applications of genome-editing nucleases. The course will also include a practical lab-based workshop for registered students in which participants will learn how to design guide RNAs and how to perform the broadly useful TIDE assay that enables quantification of nuclease-induced mutations in any cell or organism.  
   
**Nanocourse Director:** J. Keith Joung  
**Curriculum Fellow:** Emily Gleason ([emily\_gleason@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:emily_gleason@hms.harvard.edu))  
   
**Lecturers**  
• ***J. Keith Joung, MD, PhD***, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital  
• ***Luca Pinello, PhD***, Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Pathology  
• ***Morgan Maeder, PhD***, Scientist, Editas Medicine



 

 

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