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Postdoc Job Opening: Cancer & Stem Cell Epigenomics Knoepfler Lab

July 5, 2017 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

An NIH and foundation-funded postdoctoral fellow position in the Knoepfler Lab at UC Davis School of Medicine is open. The focus of research will be on cancer and stem cell epigenomics. Studies will include functional genomics assays such s ChIP-Seq, chromatin configuration, CRISPR genetics work, and cell biological research. Qualifications: Applicants must have a PhD, […]

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CRISPR, human genetic modification, & a needed course correction

June 26, 2017 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 9 Comments

Are designer babies made using CRISPR or other genetic modification technologies closer to reality today? If so, what exactly should we do about it? Researchers can use CRISPR to genetically modify just about any organism or its cells, but targeting humans is the subject of the most intense discussion including using CRISPR in the human germline

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7 cool recent CRISPR articles

February 19, 2017 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

So everyone is buzzing about the CRISPR patent court decision (which BTW I think was flawed but that’s for another post), but the research roars on at warp speed. Here are 7 recent CRISPR articles that caught my attention. What are your favorite recent CRISPR papers? Genome surgery using Cas9 ribonucleoproteins for the treatment of

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First anti-CRISPR political campaign is born in Europe

June 2, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 2 Comments

Campaigns are underway in several European countries against the possible use of genetic modification in humans to make designer babies and one has a distinctly anti-CRISPR tone. For example, in France a group is pushing an anti-GM baby campaign and the same kind of thing is going on in Switzerland, which I blogged about recently. In

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Does CRISPR need a warning label? asks Michael Zerbe

May 29, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 1 Comment

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Michael Zerbe spoke at our CRISPR ethics symposium here at UC Davis this past week and made some interesting points. For more on his talk and the panel he was part of, see this post. His most provocative argument was for a warning label on CRISPR papers (see above). I know it’s slightly fuzzy, but

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UC Davis CRISPR meeting: Vital Role of Language in CRISPR

May 27, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

Here is another of my blog posts from yesterday’s CRISPR meeting on ethics, science, and policy held here at UC Davis. You can read the others here, here, and here. Note as with the other posts, since I was taking notes as listening and on the fly, this post is a stream of consciousness on

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UC Davis CRISPR Meeting: Big Picture from Ben Hurlbut

May 26, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

The CRISPR meeting has started off wonderfully with a talk by Ben Hurlbut. His talk was entitled, “The Demands of CRISPR’s World: Imagination, Deliberation and Governance”. Since I took notes and listened this post is somewhat freeform. I liked how Ben asked a lot of questions. What is “CRISPR’s world” as Science Magazine called it? How

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Blogging UC Davis CRISPR Science & Bioethics Meeting

May 26, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

There’s a great meeting going on today here at UC Davis starting soon on CRISPR, focused on the intersection of the science with bioethical and legal issues. I’ve been helping to organize this meeting, but kudos and thanks go to my colleague Mark Yarborough who took the lead in organizing the meeting and did most

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George Church chat: CRISPR people, Zika, weapons

April 18, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D. / 4 Comments

I talked last year about human genetic modification by CRISPR with George Church a year ago. Now we’ve followed up with a long chat on this topic going into much more detail and with questions on recent developments. Each question is listed numerically and then there is a back and forth on that question with George

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CRISPR Update: Patents, Embryos, & IPOs

April 13, 2016 / Professor Paul Knoepfler, Ph.D.

It’s been a busy few weeks for the CRISPR arena so I’ve made a CRISPR Update. I’ve listed below links to some commentaries and key developments. CRISPR update Fun Video interview on Read Science! with Joanne Manaster on my new book on CRISPR in humans, GMO Sapiens. CRISPR: Pursuit of profit poisons collaboration, Nature piece by Jacob Sherkow HIV

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