Genome Engineering Workshop
Each year, the Zhang lab hosts a two-day workshop aimed at sharing knowledge about CRISPR-mediated tools and other aspects of genome engineering, from basic biology to technology development. The workshop is geared toward scientists at all levels of training who have an interest in learning more about implementing genome engineering approaches in their own work and in keeping up with the latest developments in this field.
Due to COVID19, we will not be hosting our workshop in 2020.
We hope to continue sharing our expertise digitally - please use our forum to post questions and get advice.
Thank you to everyone who attended our seventh annual Genome Engineering Workshop! Videos of the primers from the first day of the workshop are now available.
CRISPR basics (Linyi Gao, Zhang Lab)
CRISPR Screens (Julia Joung, Zhang Lab)
RNA-targeting with CRISPR (Soumya Kannan, Zhang Lab)
CRISPR in vivo
May 19 & 20, 2019
Broad Institute
cambridge ma
CRISPR in vivo
The 2019 workshop will take a closer look at applications of genome engineering for human therapeutics, including talks about improving the specificity and efficiency of gene editing, delivery of molecular therapeutics, gene therapy and immunity, and exploring natural diversity to find new potential tools. The workshop will begin Sunday, May 19th at 1:00 and conclude Monday, May 20th at 5:00.
Monday
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:45 – Keynote: Keith Joung, MGH and Harvard
Defining and improving the specificities of CRISPR-guided DNA base editors
9:45 – 10:05 – Eugene Koonin, NCBI
Evolutionary diversification of CRISPR-Cas: far beyond adaptive immunity
10:05 – 10:25 – David Paez-Espino, JGI
Metagenomic Class2 Cas genes and their connection with phage
10:25 – 10:55 – Coffee break
10:55 – 11:15 – Jonathan Strecker, Zhang lab at Broad Institute
Genome editing with Type V CRISPR systems
11:15 – 11:35 – Bin Gu, Rossant lab at Sick Kids
Light up the embryos: Efficient generation of knock-in report mice by 2C-HR-CRISPR
11:35 – 11:55 – Jonathan Wilde, Feng lab at MIT
Efficient Embryonic Genome Editing via RAD51-Enhanced Interhomolog Repair
11:55 – 12:15 – Sukanya Iyer, Wolfe lab at UMass Medical
Precise therapeutic gene correction by a simple nuclease-induced double-stranded break
12:15 – 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 1:20 – Luke Koblan & Jon Levy, Liu lab at Broad Institute
In vivo Correction of Pathogenic SNPs with Optimized Base Editors
1:20 – 1:45 – Gail Mandel (OHSU)
Application of RNA editing to curing the neurological disease, Rett syndrome: updates
1:45 – 2:05 – Jonathan Gootenberg (Zhang lab at Broad Institute)
Extending the range of RNA editing with CRISPR-Cas13
2:05 – 2:25 – Shirley Liu, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard,
Integrating CRISPR screens and computational analyses to identify drugs with immune modulatory effects
2:25 – 2:55 – Coffee
2:55 – 3:15 – Arlene Sharpe, Harvard
CRISPR-based screening in the hematopoietic system to identify novel regulators of antimicrobial immunity
3:15 – 3:35 – Jorge Mansilla-Soto, Sadelain lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Advancing CAR therapy with precise T cell genome engineering
3:35 – 3:55 – James Dahlman, GeorgiaTech
Improving RNA delivery by testing thousands of nanoparticles in vivo using DNA barcodes
3:55 – 4:15 – Eric Zinn, Vandenberghe lab at Harvard
Decoding AAV through in silico design and multi-parametric screening
4:15 – 5:00 – Keynote: Katrine Bosley
The Path to CRISPR-based therapeutics
Sunday
12:30 – 1:00 Registration & Poster hanging
1:00 – 1:45 CRISPR basics Linyi Gao, Zhang Lab
1:45 – 2:15 CRISPR screens Julia Joung, Zhang Lab
2:15 – 2:45 RNA-targeting with CRISPR Soumya Kannan, Zhang Lab
2:45 – 2:50 Lightning talk Benchling
2:50 – 3:10 Coffee break
3:10 – 4:00 Breakout sessions (concurrently)
Cas9 & Cas12 Applications Zhang lab members
Creating Mouse Models Lin Wu, Director of Genome Modification Facility at Harvard
Cas13 Applications Zhang lab members
CRISPR Screens Zhang lab members
Unlocking Endogenous Biology through CRISPR-Mediated Protein Tagging with the Luminescent Peptide HiBiT Promega
4:10 – 4:30 – Feng Zhang
4:30 – 6:30 – Happy hour & poster session
Get advice
Get one-on-one advice about your experiments from experienced CRISPR users during our breakout sessions
share your work
Present your work during the Sunday poster session and get feedback on your work and ideas for future directions
Learn the basics
The workshop will kick off on Sunday afternoon with presentations from members of the Zhang lab and other experts about working with CRISPR-based tools in the lab
Hear about new advances
Monday will feature talks from leaders in the field focused on outstanding challenges in genome engineering
Can I present my work?
You are encouraged to share your work with your fellow workshop attendees. For this purpose we will have a poster session on Sunday, May 19th. Abstracts can be submitted via the registration link or email your abstract to workshop@genome-engineering.org by April 29th.
Do I need to pay for anything?
Registration for the full workshop is $25 for academic attendees and $100 for industry attendees. This money helps cover the cost of meals served during the workshop. The rest of the event is made possible by the generosity of the Broad Institute and our sponsors.
Where can I stay?
We do not offer lodging, so you will need to make our own arrangements. There are several nearby hotels - two Marriotts and the Kendall Hotel. The Broad is right off the Red Line subway at the Kendall/MIT stop, so anyplace that is near the Red Line will also be convenient for getting to the meeting.
