Biohack the Planet 2018

We have been too busy to do much blogging this Summer.  August 31 and September 1 Biohack the Planet will be taking place in Oakland, California.   
More information here
List of speakers here
It's always a blast.

biohack the planet and beyond

Videos of Biohack the Planet 2017 have been upped on youtube by Josiah Zayner.   
Actually Michael Flynn goes off this planet, taking us on a journey to mars and beyond.  

Biohack the Planet - starts tonight

The annual conference Biohack the Planet is opening in Oakland, CA tonight.

List of Speakers: 

http://biohacktheplanet.com/2017-speakers/

Schedule:

 http://biohacktheplanet.com/schedule/

Tickets:

 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biohack-the-planet-2017-tickets-34021546361

CRISPR/CAS9 Delivery Webinar 4-18-17

Allison Mayle, PhD. Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Teaching Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center presents this webinar.  
The webinar covers best practices for increasing CRISPR/Cas9 editing efficiency. Viewers will learn discover online tools to aid in CRISPR/Cas9 design and delivery, and tips for optimizing your CRISPR/Cas9 experiments.

Dr. Mayle will review the factors influencing genome editing, including target sequence selection and CRISPR/Cas9 delivery methods. A comparison of plasmid and viral vector delivery will be provided, as well as an introduction to DNA-free CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein reagents. Additionally, Dr. Mayle will cover best practices for CRISPR knock-in mutagenesis via homology-directed repair (HDR) and applications available from new Cas9 protein variants.

The webinar is free but registration is required HERE by the hosts GenScript.

This week: CRISPR-Cas9 superstar Jennifer Doudna, Ph. D.

This Thursday 2-23 from 7-8 PM  Jennifer Doudna, Ph. D. will speak in Room 431 of Berkeley City College.  This event free and open to the public.
More information here:

http://www.berkeleycitycollege.edu/wp/sci-biotech/science-seminar-series/

http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/15/berkeley-statement-regarding-patent-boards-decision-on-crispr-cas9-gene-editing-technology/

CRISPER - Cas9 handbook

Genescript recently published "CRISPR Handbook: Enabling Genome Editing and Transforming Life Science Research" and they are making it available for free here.

Meanwhile in Stockholm - human gene editing progresses

Any questions?  Email Dr Lanner here

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SF Bay Area: Jason Peters from UCSF to talk about CRISPR

Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (PDT)
Skyline College - 3300 College Drive, Building 6 2nd floor, San Bruno, CA 94066
Would you like a free ticket?  
go here
Would you like to ride pool from Oakland? message me.

CRISPR cas-9 (More than 2 million people watched this)

CRSPR - Cas9 alternative Argonaute

Anyone working with Argonaute?  Results?  Pass or fail?



http://blog.addgene.org/comparing-cas9-to-ngago-can-the-argonautes-best-crispr

CRISPR Cas-9 in this month's National Geographic

Since the 1800's, National Geographic has been continually opening up the exploration of the universe to share with us. Here's a basic but interesting article on CRISPR Cas-9 and how it is changing our world.  


http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/08/dna-crispr-gene-editing-science-ethics/

CRISPR: An enzyme taken from Leptotrichia shahii can bind to and cut ss messenger RNA.

A new version of the gene-editing tool CRISPR can target and cut RNA

also see:

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/46234/title/RNA-Targeting-CRISPR/

and

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45354/title/Dial-It-Up--Dial-It-Down/

NIH announces meeting about the first-in-human use of gene editing via CRISPR/Cas9 technology

The recombinant DNA Advisory committee is holding a meeting on June 21-22 2016 on CRISPR/Cas 9 use in humans with a T cell immunotherapy protocol that involves the use of CRISPR/Cas9 to edit two genes in T cells also modified to express T cell receptors targeting myeloma, melanoma, and sarcoma tumor cells.  The meeting is open to the public or can be attended remotely by the webcast link here on the days of the meeting.  More info here  

We have less than 30 days to go to raise our goal for our proposed experiment, please support our project with a donation and/or pass the word.

http://experiment.com/anti-viral