Moving Genome Editing into the Clinic with Dr. J Keith JoungDecember 29, 2015Interview with Dr. J Keith Joung, MD, PhD at Keystone Symposia’s Precision Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology: Designing Genomes and Pathways Moving Genome Editing into the Clinic My laboratory is focused on genome editing technologies and, more recently, on epigenome editing technologies as well. I got into this field first through protein engineering. So I was […]
The Early Days of CRISPR with Dr. Blake WeidenheftDecember 28, 2015Interview with Dr. Blake Weidenheft at Keystone Symposia’s Precision Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology: Designing Genomes and Pathways The Early Days of CRISPR I was one of the earlier people involved in the CRISPR– in CRISPR biology. And so we didn’t really come at this with the intent to try to develop some new genome […]
CRISPR Takes the PERV Out of Pig OrgansNovember 13, 2015Nobody likes a PERV – they just make everyone uncomfortable. Porcine (pig) Endogenous RetroViruses (PERVs) are a creepy concern when it comes xenotransplantation (transplanting organs from a different species), since the perks of not having to wait for an organ transplant take a hit when PERVs get all up in your genome. In order to […]
New Cas Effectors Inject Fresh Talent Onto CRISPR StageNovember 12, 2015Poor Cas9. If CRISPR were a new music trend, Cas9 would the band that was playing CRISPR long before it was cool, rode the CRISPR wave to stardom, alienated its fans with copyright battles, and is already under threat from the new kids. Less metaphorically, Cas9 is an enzyme that uses RNA spacers (crRNAs) transcribed […]
Validating GWAS with Epigenome EditingOctober 10, 2015GWASs (genome-wide association studies) have found a lot of genetic variants associated with various traits and diseases. But GWASs suffer from that old weakness, the mantra of every good scientist: correlation does not imply causation. The problem gets even worse when you find out most GWAS variants are in non-coding regions of DNA, meaning they […]
Cpf1 Takes CRISPR Bigger by Going SmallerSeptember 29, 2015Move over Cas9; here comes yet another CRISPR-associated player. The CRISPR pioneers in the lab of Feng Zhang at MIT continue to discover the power of CRISPR , bringing us a fancy new part for genome editing. Recently, they changed things up with a slimmer Cas9 from Staphylococcus pyogenes (spCas9) but now it seems they’ve found […]
CRISPR-Display: For the lncRNA Enthusiast that has EverythingJuly 6, 2015From wall hung TVs to the latest wearable; displays have been a key technology differentiator for years. Now we’d like to introduce you to CRISPR-Display, one of the latest applications of CRISPR technology for the lncRNA lover that wants to elevate their functional game. Interest in lncRNAs continues to surge, but like other uncharted areas […]
Webinar: Locus-Specific Biochemical Analysis of Genome Functions Using enChIP with CRISPRJune 17, 2015Abstract Elucidation of molecular mechanisms of genome functions such as transcription and epigenetic regulation requires identification of components mediating the genome functions. To this end, we recently developed the locus-specific chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) (locus-specific ChIP) technologies to identify molecules interacting with a given genomic region of interest in vivo. Locus-specific ChIP consists of insertional ChIP […]
DNAi Combines Self-Destructing DNA with CRISPRMay 29, 2015Have you ever watched a spy move and felt yourself craving spy gadgets, such as explosive chewing gum, or a tricked out Aston Martin? Well if you are a genome-engineering scientist you can now get your very own spy gadget – self-destructing DNA! But this cool creation isn’t just to fulfill your 007 dreams, it […]
MINimize Your Genome Engineering Efforts with CRISPR and Bxb1May 28, 2015CRISPR is for genome engineering what Mike Tyson was for boxing: simple, efficient and almost a guarantee to see a knockout in the first round. While in boxing a knockout typically results in an involuntary power nap of the opponent, the phenotype of a gene knockout is often not so clear-cut. Besides potential problems caused […]
