Mill_labDec 11, 2022

I was teaching in our #GenomeEngineering session of our MRC HGU graduate course about applications of #CRISPR technology, potential & limitations of #GenomeSurgery for #RareDisease on Monday- this excellent #ThoughtPiece by @urnov perfectly argued current #hurdles to applying revolutionary treatments because the regulatory, ethical and financial frameworks are moving slower than the tech- not for the benefit of patients. We need a new model for genomic medicines.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/opinion/crispr-gene-editing-cures.html

Opinion | CRISPR Can Cure Disease by Editing a Person’s DNA. Now What?

Revolutionized medicine may be at hand, but barriers remain.

The New York Times
Show threadMill_labNov 21, 2022

@crisprflydesign @urnov I agree Filip on multiple fronts but I don't agree with this 'notion' of servers/instances, as it is where can gate keeping is happening, We chose a non-'academic' server so we could stay engaged with patient groups & policy makers (hopefully) when they migrate over in mass.... caste your net wide for this community!

This is the 'moving' part of #MastodonMigration that worries me most... How do we recoalesce here?

#GenomeEditing #GenomeSurgery #DiseaseModelling #CRISPR

Mill_labNov 9, 2022

📢 📢 Exciting chance to come join us on a #rotation-based, 4 year, international #PhDStudentship- include our #TubulinCode project! Closing date: 9th January 2023. #imaging #cytoskeleton #cilia #ciliopathies #GenomeSurgery #RareDisease Message me, if you want to hear more! 📢 📢

More info: https://www.ed.ac.uk/mrc-human-genetics-unit/graduate-research-and-training/four-yr-international-prog-human-genetics-genomic

Intrigued, read more: Read more: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.19.22280748

MRC four-year International PhD programme: Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease

Applications now open. Closing date: 9th January 2023.

The University of Edinburgh
Mill_labNov 4, 2022

#Introductions Hi Mastodon community! I am a MRC Investigator and group leader at the MRC Human Genetics Unit at the University of Edinburgh. Very glad to be here...

A certified '#cellbiology on an organismal scale' fanatic- we believe seeing is believing! We ❤️ hacking ways to 'see' biology happen in real time across scales in health and disease!

Imaging addict. Genome wrangler. Developmental biologist at heart.

#cilia #centrioles #genetics #Science #genomesurgery #raredisease