Workshop: Genes to Genesis
Wed, Sep 20
|Genspace
Typically a 16-hour course, this intensive, mini workshop led by Genspace scientist Brendan Camellato, will offer a taste in genome editing accessible to anyone. You’ll learn the fundamentals of the new technology, its applications in bioengineering and how to do it yourself. We’ll close by addressi
Time & Location
Sep 20, 2023, 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Genspace, 132 32nd St #108, Brooklyn, NY 11232, USA
About the event
Typically a 16-hour course, this intensive, mini workshop led by Genspace scientist Brendan Camellato, will offer a taste in genome editing accessible to anyone. You’ll learn the fundamentals of the new technology, its applications in bioengineering and how to do it yourself. We’ll close by addressing the hype, the reality, and the implications of this technology for our future.
Twenty years ago, when CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing was first invented, the prospect sounded like science fiction: how can you open up and modify strands of DNA? Today this technology has become widespread – with applications in fields from medicine, to plant biology, to the visual arts. In the two decades since it was invented CRISPR has changed the field of biology, but it has also introduced a flurry of bioethical issues and questions – particularly around germline editing, altering the cells that pass genetic material from one generation to another.
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