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SUMMARY:Diverse Applications of CRISPR
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Guest speakers:</strong><br><em><strong>Feng Zhang</strong></em><br>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences<br>McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT</p><p><em><strong>Lucian Marraffini</strong></em><br>Assistant Professor<br>Laboratory of Bacteriology<br>The Rockefeller University</p><p><strong>Moderator:</strong>  Ernesto Andrianantoandro, Editor, Trends in Biotechnology</p><p>Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) technology, a microbial defense system, has been developed based on its remarkable ability to bring the endonuclease Cas9 to specific locations within complex genomes by a short RNA, to precisely edit the genome, to build toolkits for synthetic biology, and to monitor DNA in live cells. Over the last two years, over 650 articles have been published on CRISPR, from creating designer animals with a specific trait or disease via gene editing, to applications in cells and zygotes including: gene knock-in, reversible knockdown, gene activation and gene repression. Furthermore, the diverse applications for therapeutics in human disease including HIV, malaria, cancer, muscular dystrophy, and more, are astounding. In this webinar, we’ll explore the breadth of CRISPR/Cas9 applications brought about by this revolution in genome engineering.</p><p><a href="http://view6.workcast.net/register?pak=6081570356271725&amp;referrer=email" data-url="http://view6.workcast.net/register?pak=6081570356271725&amp;referrer=email">Click here</a> to register for this free webinar.</p>
LOCATION:Cell Press Webinar - register at http://view6.workcast.net/register?pak=6081570356271725&referrer=email
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