Interested in learning more about CRISPR, but don’t know where to start? Come and hear from your colleagues currently using the technology about what they’re doing with it, and how they’re doing it.

Location: LSC3 (Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC)
Date: Tuesday, December 5th, 2017, 2 pm – 5:30 pm, with social/networking time to follow.
Refreshments and dinner will be provided.

Registration for this event has now reached capacity. We look forward to seeing all registrants at the meeting!

Schedule of events

2:00
Doors open (we are almost full so come early to secure a good seat!)
Coffee outside LSC3

2:10
Derek van Pel
Research Associate, Naus Lab/Faculty of Medicine
Opening remarks

2:15
Razvan Albu
Research Scientist, Molecular Biology Applications
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CRISPR at a glance: design, delivery and screening

2:35
Bob Hancock
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Using Crispr to understand Chlamydia infections in human stem cell derived macrophages

2:55
Elizabeth Simpson
Senior Scientist
Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
CRISPR Gene Therapy and CHuMMs (CRISPR Humanized Mouse Models)

3:15
Don Moerman
Professor
Department of Zoology
Crispering the C. elegans genome

3:35
Break
Snacks in LSC1416

3:55
Christopher Vakulskas
Senior Staff Scientist
Integrated DNA Technologies
A novel Cas9 mutant confers reduced off-target gene editing while maintaining on-target potency

4:15
Pamela Hoodless
Distinguished Scientist
Terry Fox Laboratory
Mouse modelling: CRISPR-Cas9 in mESCs and zygotes

4:35
Corey Nislow
Director
UBC Sequencing + Bioinformatics Consortium
Tailored sequencing solutions from the Sequencing and Bioinformatics Consortium at UBC

4:50
Margaret Huang
PhD Candidate, Brunham Lab
Centre for Heart and Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital
CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells

5:10
Paloma Stanar
MSc Candidate, Moritz Lab
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Using CRISPR in X. laevis to study inherited forms of retinal degeneration

5:30
Social time
Pizza + drinks in LSC1416

Thank you to our sponsors!

Integrated DNA Technologies

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Life Sciences Institute, UBC