# CRISPR-Cas Systems and the Future of Genome Editing #### calendar\_today Date and Time **October 10, 2017** 09:00AM - 12:00PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Harvard Medical School, Armenise Amphitheater, 210 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA** **Nanocourse of the Genetics Department** **Lecturers: *J. Keith Joung, John Doench, and Morgan Maeder*** 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 ongoing 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 quantify nuclease-induced mutations in any cell or organism using sequencing-based assays. All are welcome to attend the first session. Register for the second session at [nanosandothercourses.hms.harvard.edu/node/430](/nanosandothercourses.hms.harvard.edu/node/430). The second session will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, from 1:00-5:00 p.m., with Luca Pinello and Becca Cottman. --- Attachments- [ picture\_as\_pdf crispr\_poster.pdf ](/sites/g/files/omnuum10026/files/hsci/files/crispr_poster.pdf) --- See also:- [ Gene editing ](/event-disease-area/gene-editing) - [ Training and education ](/event-disease-area/training-and-education) - [ Related Events ](/event-type/related-events) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://www.hsci.harvard.edu/node/1192016/event-feed.ics) Copy link link