Using CRISPR to Cure Neurological Diseases: A Citizen Science Lecture

Program Type:

Community Engagement

Age Group:

Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
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Event Details

Professor Gene Yeo will present his lab’s efforts in developing next generation therapeutic strategies for debilitating neurological diseases such as amyolateral sclerosis, Huntington’s, myotonic dystrophy, and Alzheimer’s.

Professor Yeo’s lab has developed cellular, molecular, and computational tools to identify targets of vulnerability for small molecule screens, as well as new CRISPR approaches to target RNAs in expanded repeat diseases.

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