The Making of a CRISPR Cell Line: A Lab Story

Gene editing is going to revolutionize modern medicine and cure previously incurable diseases. Leading the pack of available technologies is CRISPR-Cas9, a relatively easy tool to delete or insert DNA pieces into genes. In this virtual Teen Science Café, Dr. Malaby will share her personal research journey to engineer a CRISPR cell line. You’ll get an inside view of the process, including primary research findings straight out of the lab, and share in the highs and lows that come with biotechnology creations. Come learn about the world of human cell genetic editing!

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

Dr. Heidi Malaby is a Grant Proposal Specialist working at the University of Vermont, assisting faculty, doctors, and professors campus-wide fund the most innovative ideas to fix the world’s problems. She recently completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the UVM Larner College of Medicine, where her research focused on how special proteins align chromosomes during cell division, a process that is disrupted in cancer cells, and is therefore targeted for cancer therapies. Her research used really cool microscopes to image cells in the process of dividing. Dr. Malaby completed her PhD at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Medical School in Worcester, MA in 2014.

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