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Gene Editors of the Future

Oct 2022 – 2023 Programme participant and outreach presenter

Research and training in CRISPR/Cas9 human genome engineering, followed by public engagement at a Genetics Society outreach event at the Royal Institution, London.

CRISPR-Cas9Molecular biologyPublic engagement

The programme

Gene Editors of the Future is run by the Genome Engineering Laboratory at the University of Westminster, created and led by Dr Kalpana Surendranath.

• Gene Editors of the Future 2.0 (October 2022 – January 2023): online research and training on the basics of CRISPR/Cas9 human genome engineering.
• Gene Editors of the Future (2023): practical CRISPR-Cas9 training, alongside core molecular biology techniques: qPCR, electrophoresis, cloning and Western blotting.

Outreach at the Royal Institution

In 2023 I represented the programme at a Genetics Society outreach event at the Royal Institution in London. With other members of the programme I presented a poster and talked with members of the public about CRISPR: where it came from in bacterial immunity, how it is used today, and what it could do next.

Photos

Certificate for Gene Editors of the Future 2.0, October 2022 – January 2023Gene Editors of the Future

Gene Editors of the Future 2.0 display at the Royal Institution, with a CRISPR timeline and applications postersGene Editors of the Future

At the outreach stand with a DNA model, microscopes and cell modelsGene Editors of the Future

With Dr Kalpana Surendranath, creator and leader of Gene Editors of the Future, at the Royal InstitutionGene Editors of the Future

Running the microscopy station during the outreach eventGene Editors of the Future

Talking with visitors at the Gene Editors of the Future standGene Editors of the Future