Resources

Get help

We host a Google forum where scientists from institutions across the world can find answers to their questions about CRISPR usage in laboratory settings. Questions posted on the site are viewed and answered by members of the Zhang lab.

CRISPR Google Forum

We recently shut down our guide design web tool, but we have compiled some resources that may be helpful if you need assistance with guide design.

Guide design tools

Each year, we host a workshop at the Broad Institute open to anyone who wants to learn more about genome engineering and get one-on-one advice about implementing CRISPR-mediated tools in their research. 

Genome Engineering Workshop

Information and protocols for high-throughput loss-of-function screening with Cas9 can be found on the Sanjana lab webiste.

Library screening resources

Interested in RNA targeting? We have written a primer on using Cas13.

Cas13 tips and tricks

get reagents

You can obtain reagents via the nonprofit plasmid repository Addgene. There is also information available there about protocols for working with these tools.

Zhang lab reagents at Addgene

If you cannot obtain reagents through Addgene, please feel free to reach out to us directly

Zhang lab requests

get information

Learn more about CRISPR-Cas systems and the technologies developed from these systems on the Broad Institute's website.

Research Highlight: CRISPR

The Zhang lab has published several protocols to guide researchers:

TALEs

Genome engineering with Cas9

CRISPR-based screening

SHERLOCK-based nucleic acid detection