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Aug 10 - 15, 2018
First Croucher Summer Course In Precision Genome Engineering By CRISPR: Course Program
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (map) |
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| Day 1 (10 August 2018 Friday) Introduction to CRISPR |
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| Time | Event | Venue |
| 09:00 | Opening remarks (Prof. Dong-Yan Jin and Prof. Ben Berkhout) |
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| 09:15 | Introduction to CRISPR (Dr. Bo Gao) |
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| 10:30 | Cutting-edge CRISPR technologies (Dr. Alan Wong) |
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| 11:45 | Bioinformatics of gRNA design (Prof. Qi Liu) |
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| 13:00 | Lunch | Exh |
| 14:30 | Practical session 1 (Dr. Sam Yuen)
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| Day 2 (11 August 2018 Saturday) CRISPR in model systems |
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| Time | Event | Venue |
| 09:00 | Genome-editing in preimplantation embryos and in EPSCs (Prof. Pengtao Liu) |
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| 10:30 | Organoids as a model system and their tools for genetic manipulation (Dr. Bon-Kyoung Koo) |
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| 12:20 | Lunch | Exh |
| 14:30 | Practical Session 2 (Dr. Sam Yuen)
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| Day 3 (12 August 2018 Sunday) Mechanism and delivery of CRISPR |
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| Time | Event | Venue |
| 09:00 | Crystallography and HF-AFM of CRISPR-Cas9 (Prof. Osamu Nureki) |
SR1 |
| 10:30 | Novel CRISPR expression strategies (Prof. Ben Berkhout and all invited speakers) |
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| 12:20 | Lunch | Exh |
| 14:30 | Practical Session 3 (Dr. Sam Yuen)
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| Day 4 (13 August 2018 Monday) One-Day Symposium on Precision Genome Engineering |
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| Time | Event | Venue |
| 08:30 | Opening remarks (HKU representatives) |
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| 08:45 | Bioinformatics of CRISPR editing (Dr. Qi Liu) |
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| 09:30 | Molecular mechanism of CRISPR-Cas and structure-guided development of genome-editing tools towards medical applications (Prof. Osamu Nureki) |
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| 10:25 | Genome-editing in preimplantation embryos and in EPSCs (Prof. Pengtao Liu) |
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| 11:10 | CRISPR/Cas-assisted genetics in intestinal organoids (Dr. Bon-Kyoung Koo) |
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| 11:55 | CRISPR-based genetic screens (Dr. Kosuke Yusa) |
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| 12:40 | Lunch | Exh |
| 14:00 | Gene editing of the functional cancer genome (Dr. Sidi Chen) |
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| 14:45 | The use of large scale functional genomic screens for the identification of novel drug targets and effective combination therapies (Dr. Roderick Beijersbergen) |
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| 15:40 | CRISPR-Cas9 screening to identify cancer dependencies (Dr. Andrew Aguirre) |
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| 16:25 | CRISPR-Cas genome editing technologies for therapeutics (Dr. Shengdar Tsai) |
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| 17:10 | Anti-HIV CRISPR (Prof. Ben Berkhout) |
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| Day 5 (14 August 2018 Tuesday) | ||
| Time | Event | Venue |
| 09:00 | CRISPR-based genetic screens (Dr. Kosuke Yusa) |
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| 10:15 | CRISPR screens in vivo (Dr. Sidi Chen) |
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| 11:30 | Development and application of CRISPR/CAS9 technologies for large scale pooled screening (Dr. Roderick Beijersbergen) |
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| 14:15 | Free afternoon | - |
| 16:15 | Hiking in Lamma Island (if weather permits) | - |
| Day 6 (15 August 2018 Wednesday) | ||
| Time | Event | Venue |
| 09:00 | Discovery of therapeutic targets and drug resistance mechanisms by functional genetic screening (Dr. Andrew Aguirre) |
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| 10:15 | Defining the genome-wide activity of CRISPR-Cas nucleases for therapeutics (Dr. Shengdar Tsai) |
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| 11:30 | Workshop (Prof. Ben Berkhout and all invited speakers) |
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| 12:45 | Lunch | Exh |
| 14:25 | Practical Session 4 (Dr. Sam Yuen)
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| 16:55 | Concluding remarks (Prof. Dong-Yan Jin and Prof. Ben Berkhout) |
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| Venue Code | |
| SR1 | Seminar Room 1, G/F, Laboratory Block |
| Exh | Exhibition Area, G/F, Laboratory Block |
| Lab | LG-19, G/F, Laboratory Block |
| LT1 | Lecture Theatre 1, G/F, William Mong Block |
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Last updated: July 20, 2018