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Schedule
08:45 A history of GAA to date
Dr. Christophe Galichet (Lovell-Badge lab – NIMR)
09:15 The CRISPR/Cas9 And TALES In Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic Screens, And GeneTargeting In Human iPS Cells
Dr Pentao Liu (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
09:45 Genome-wide loss-of-function screening using the CRISPR-Cas9 system
Dr Kosuke Yusa (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
10:15 Investigation of autophagy in CRISPR engineered cell lines
Dr. Robin Ketteler (UCL)
10:45 Tea Break
11.15 Functional repair of CFTR by CRISPR/Cas9 in intestinal stem cell organoids of cystic fibrosispatients
Dr. Bon-Kyoung Koo (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research)
11.45 Understanding mammalian sex chromosome functions using genome editing
Dr James Turner (NIMR)
12.15 CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of autophagy genes in zebrafish
Dr Martina Wirth (Tooze lab – LRI)
12.45 Novel methods for high-throughput biallelic modification of human iPS cells
Dr Bill Skarnes (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
13.15 Lunch
14.00-17:00 Round-table discussions
Facilitators: Dr N. Gonen; Dr L. Teboul; Dr B. Doe; Dr N. Moncaut; Dr K. Boroviak