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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:CRISPR-Cas Systems and the Future of Genome Editing
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SUMMARY:CRISPR-Cas Systems and the Future of Genome Editing
DESCRIPTION:<p>	<span style="color:#68a7bb;"><strong>Nanocourse of the Genetics Department</strong></span></p><p>	<strong>Lecturers:<br><em>J. Keith Joung, John Doench, and Morgan Maeder</em></strong></p><p>	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.</p><p>	 </p><p>	<br>All are welcome to attend the first session.<br>Register for the second session at <a data-url="/nanosandothercourses.hms.harvard.edu/node/430" href="internal:/nanosandothercourses.hms.harvard.edu/node/430" target="_blank" title="">nanosandothercourses.hms.harvard.edu/node/430</a>. The second session will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, from 1:00-5:00 p.m., with Luca Pinello and Becca Cottman.</p><p>	 </p><p>	 </p><p>	 </p>
LOCATION:Harvard Medical School, Armenise Amphitheater, 210 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA
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