Plenary Speakers

  • David R. Liu    

    Harvard University, USA

    Base editing: chemistry on a target nucleotide in the genome of living cells
  • Maria Jasin    

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

    Protecting the genome by homologous recombination
  • George Church    

    Harvard Medical School, USA

    Beyond cutting

Speakers

  • Jia Chen    

    ShanghaiTech University

    APOBEC: From mutator to editor
  • Caixia Gao    

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Fine-tuning protein translation level by genome editing
  • Patrick Hsu    

    Salk Institute, USA

    New molecular technologies for transcriptome engineering
  • Danwei Huangfu    

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Human development and disease through the lens of pluripotent stem cells
  • Weizhi Ji    

    Kunming University of Science and Technology, China

    Gene editing in monkey
  • Jin-Soo Kim    

    Institute for Basic Science, South Korea

    Genome-wide target specificity of CRISPR RNA-guided base editors
  • Hyongbum Henry Kim    

    Yonsei University, South Korea

    Highly accurate prediction of CRISPR-Cpf1 activity at endogenous target sites
  • Akihiko Kondo    

    Kobe University, Japan

    Genome editing with base editing systems from bacteria to plant
  • Liangxue Lai    

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Generation of gene editing pig model for human Huntington's disease
  • Wei Li    

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Repurposing CRISPR-C2c1 for mammalian genome
  • Osamu Nureki    

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    Molecular mechanism of CRISPR and structure-based development of genome editing tool towards medical applications
  • Randall Platt    

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    In vivo gene editing and genetic screening with CRISPR-Cas systems
  • Matthew Porteus    

    Stanford University, USA

    Genome editing of hematopoietic stem cells to cure genetic diseases
  • Lei Stanley Qi    

    Stanford University, USA

    Beyond editing: exploring and engineering a living genome using dead CRISPR molecule
  • Moritoshi Sato     

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    Optical control of the genome
  • Erik Sontheimer    

    University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA

    Enhancing genome editing with chemically modified guides and new Cas9 orthologs
  • Meng How Tan    

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Development and evaluation of novel tools for genome and transcriptome engineering
  • Dan Voytas    

    University of Minnesota, USA

    Expression of developmental regulators for accelerated plant gene editing
  • Yanli Wang     

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    CRISPR-Cas mediated cleavage of invading nucleic acids
  • Wensheng Wei    

    Peking University, China

    Dissection of functional big data in biological contexts
  • Hao Yin    

    Wuhan University, China

    In vivo genome editing: from proof-of-concept to therapeutic delivery
Important Dates
  • Registration Open March 15, 2018
  • Abstract Submission Deadline September 10, 2018
  • Poster Submission Deadline September 30, 2018
Organizers
  • Caixia GaoInstitute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, China
  • Jin-Soo KimInstitute for Basic Science / Seoul National University, Korea
  • Markus ElsnerNature Biotechnology
  • Angela Key EgglestonNature
  • The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China 

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS

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