CRISPR and Beyond: Perturbations at Scale to Understand Genomes – Virtual Conference, Sept. 23-25, 2020

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ABOUT CRISPR AND BEYOND: PERTURBATIONS AT SCALE TO UNDERSTAND GENOMICS

The development of CRISPR/Cas-based technologies and DNA synthesis make it possible to modulate genomes with relative ease. These tools can help us understand how genetic variation influences phenotype and thereby answer long-standing questions in biology that impact human health, laying the foundations for precision medicine for heritable diseases and cancer treatment.
Join us at this virtual conference to explore approaches that modulate the genome and its context at scale, from single nucleotides and genes to hundreds of growth environments.

Topics will include:
  • Understanding impact of coding variants
  • Measuring consequences of non-coding variation
  • Genetic screens to ascertain function in cells and organisms
  • Base editing at scale
  • Gene editing and disease
  • Interactions with genes, drugs, and environment
  • Single-cell approaches
  • New technology for readouts and perturbations
If you’d like to join the conversation on Twitter about this year’s event, use the following hashtag:#CRISPR20
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Abstract deadline

21 July 2020
 
Registration deadline
15 September 2020

 

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
John Doench
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA

Jolanda van Leeuwen
University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Leopold Parts
Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK

Lea Starita
University of Washington, USA

 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Kenneth Baille
University of Edinburgh, UK

Kristen Brennand
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Barak Cohen
Washington University School of Medicine, USA

Maitreya Dunham
University of Washington, USA

Tom Ellis
Imperial College London, UK

Matthew Garnett
Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK

Jay Hesselberth
University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA

Rory Johnson
University College Dublin, Ireland

Joanna Loizou
CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austria

Nozomu Myachie
University of Tokyo, Japan

Sylvie Noordermeer
Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Shondra Pruett-Miller
St Judes Children’s Research Hospital, USA

Lea Starita
University of Washington, USA

Wensheng Wei
Peking University, China