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Hybrid Symposium: Advancing Research with Gene Editing Technologies

Join this hybrid afternoon event hosted by Lund Stem Cell Center's Cell and Gene Therapy Core Facility to learn how gene editing technologies are changing the game in biomedicine!
Date & Time: 28 January, 2025, 13:00-16:00
Location: Segerfalksalen, BMC A10 and online
Please note that there are limited spaces/seats available for on-site participants and that this is arranged on a first come, first serve basis. To participate in the symposium, whether in person or online, please complete the registration form below (registration opens in January):
Program:
13:00 – 13:05 Welcome address
13:05 – 13:35 Deciphering mechanisms of cell state transitions during intestinal development and disease - Hjalte List Larsen, Assistant Professor, reNEW, University of Copenhagen.
13:35 – 14:05 CRISPR interference – unravelling cause from consequence in complex stem cell models – Jan Jakub Zylicz, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen.
14:05 – 14:25 Explore IDT's CRISPR-Cas9 solutions for precision editing – Abdelilah Mekhloufi, EMEA Field Application Scientist, Integrated DNA Technologies.
14:25 – 14:45 Coffee break
14:45 – 15:15 Massively parallel genetic perturbations using CRISPR – Bernhard Schmierer, Head of CRISPR Functional Genomics, SciLifeLab and Karolinska Institutet.
15:15 – 15:35 Your editing worked, now get your clones: low-stress single-cell isolation for successful monoclonal culture generation after genome-editing – Jonathan Whitchurch, Senior Field Application Scientist, Iota Sciences
15:35 – 15:50 Lessons learned from 3 years of iPSC gene-editing – Pia Johansson, Director, Cell and Gene Therapy Core, Lund University.
15:50 – 16:00 Closing remarks
About the Organisers:
The event, sponsored by Iota Sciences and IDT, is organised by Cell & Gene Therapy Core Facility at Lund Stem Cell Center, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University.
We are committed to advance research excellence by providing cutting-edge services, tools, and technologies to support the innovative work of research labs. We strive to empower researchers by offering guidance, information and training in key areas such as iPSC, vectors, CRISPR and beyond.
Join us as we explore the potential of gene editing technologies, charting new pathways in basic research!
Om evenemanget
Plats:
Segerfalksalen, BMC A10 | Sölvegatan 17, 223 62 Lund
Målgrupp:
Researchers, scientists, students at Lund University
Språk:
In English
Kontakt:
cellandgenetherapy [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se