WHAT IS CRISPR? - GENE EDITING EXPLAINED!

This series of short presentations on gene editing is brought to you by Dr Adam West, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/people/adamwest

This presentation describes the type II CRISPR system, which is an adaptive immune system found in bacteria that has been modified for use in genome editing.

This is part of a series (   • Genome Editing Explained  ) that also covers

Zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs)
TALE nucleases (TALENs)
Using CRISPR/Cas9 for genome editing
CRISPR specificity
Precision editing
Homology directed repair
Prime editing

This presentation is primarily aimed at university students, researchers, clinicians and journalists interested in fields related to molecular biology and genetics. It is for education purposes only.

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Artwork is © Adam West with the exception of images and data taken from publications referenced in these slides. References to reviews and journal articles are denoted by circled numbers at the bottom right of the slides.

Links to these numbered articles are listed below. We recommend these as your best way to begin further reading on this subject.

Publication List
17. Mali P, Esvelt KM, Church GM.
Cas9 as a versatile tool for engineering biology.
Nat Methods. 2013 Oct;10(10):957-63.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2649

19. Garside EL, MacMillan AM.
Cas9 in close-up.
Nat Biotechnol. 2014 Apr;32(4):338-40.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2872

20. Nishimasu H, Ran FA, Hsu PD, Konermann S, Shehata SI, Dohmae N, Ishitani R, Zhang F, Nureki O.
Crystal structure of Cas9 in complex with guide RNA and target DNA.
Cell. 2014 Feb 27;156(5):935-49.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.0...

Music credits
“Go, Icarus! Go!” by The Whole Other
“New Year” by Bad Snacks
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