The specific goal for this meeting is to foster fruitful and creative interactions between researchers interested in applying these systems to genome engineering and related advances in a wide variety of organisms, together with scientists studying the basic biology of CRISPR and related bacterial defense systems. The meeting will be held virtually, beginning late morning ET on Wednesday, August 18, and ending late afternoon ET on Friday, August 20, 2021.

This meeting will consist of six oral sessions, a panel discussion, and virtual poster sessions; In addition to invited speakers, a number of speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts.

Topics:

• CRISPR Biology

• Technology

• Gene Therapy and Delivery

• DNA Damage Repair

• Structure/Biochemistry

Keynote Speakers:
Emmanuelle Charpentier, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Germany
Jennifer Doudna, University of California, Berkeley/HHMI