[sudo-discuss] Tonight at 5.30pm - Idealab- Journal Club - Gene Editing wth CRISPR technology (virtual meeting)

[Ryan Bethencourt]

Hi All,

I'm sending this invite out on behalf of Nina's Idealab journal club who
will be leading the journal club with Derek tonight to discuss Gene editing
technology, please feel free to join and also sign up for the free virtual
meet up!

Gene editing technology ROCKS :)

http://www.meetup.com/Berkeley-Biolabs/events/136129042/

The next global Biojournal club is this Thursday, Aug 22nd at 5:30pm PST.
 The session will be held via zoom.us.  If you are interested in
participating, please make a zoom.us account if you have not done so
already.

We can also send you 2 short papers on CRISPR applications. Derek Jacoby
will discuss one of them, and Nina will go through the other.

Nina DiPrimo, PostDoc at UC Berkeley, Biocoder Journal editor and Berkeley
Biolabs Founding Partner will be leading the discussion and will be the
primary contact if you have any questions.

More info on CRISPR's from Wikipedia:

*CRISPRs* (*C*lustered *R*egularly *I*nterspaced *S*hort*P*alindromic
*R*epeats)
are loci <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_(genetics)> containing
multiple short direct repeats that are found in the genomes of
approximately 40% of sequenced
bacteria<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria> and
90% of sequenced archaea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaea>. CRISPR
functions as a prokaryotic immune system, in that it confers resistance to
exogenous genetic elements such
asplasmids<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmids>
 and phages <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage>.The CRISPR system provides
a form of acquired immunity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquired_immunity>.
Short segments of foreign DNA, called spacers, are incorporated into the
genome between CRISPR repeats, and serve as a 'memory' of past
exposures. CRISPR spacers are then used to recognize and silence exogenous
genetic elements in a manner analogous to
RNAi<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNAi> in
eukaryotic organisms.


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