Session 2: Genome Editing

Sunday, 17 April, 2016 - 11:00 to 13:00

Nova Scotia CD

Chair

Chris McMaster

Dalhousie University

Ethical and Legal Aspects of Gene Editing in Humans

Vardit Ravitsky

Associate Professor, Bioethics Program, Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal

Genome editing for mouse model production and high-throughput gene candidate screening

Lauryl Nutter

Senior Project Manager, The Centre for Phenogenomics

Exploring the functional genomics of autism using genome editing and iPS cell modelling

James Ellis

Senior Scientist, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, SickKids

In Vivo and In Vitro Modeling of Pediatric Glioblastoma to Study the Role of Histone H3 and ATRX Mutations

Sima Khazaei

PhD student, Human Genetics, Mcgill University

Poster: 22

Combining CRIPSR/CAS9 and IPSCs to Model Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Scott Bell

PHD Student, Neuroscience, McGill University

Poster: 14