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NIHR GOSH BRC Accelerating Novel Therapies (ANT) Theme is hosting our CRISPR Showcase

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6 Nov 2025 2 p.m. to 6 Nov 2025 5 p.m.

Kennedy Lecture Theatre

The CRISPR Showcase to highlight real-world applications and breakthroughs. The showcase will give those within the GOSH-ICH and PEI research community the opportunity to hear about how CRISPR technology is being used in research across the institute.

We aim to create a collaborative space with this showcase, where researchers can learn, ask questions and get inspired on employing CRISPR in their work.

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Event Details
Title: GOSH BRC CRISPR Showcase – ‘Empowering Discovery Through Precision Gene Editing’
Location: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Date: November 06, 2025
Time: 14:00 – 17:00

Speakers
Welcome & Theme Overview - Dr Harry Leitch
GOSH BRC CRISPR Service - Dr Shalini Kamu Reddy
Overcoming limited access to ciliated epithelium for therapeutic research in primary ciliary dyskinesia: CRISPR editing of clonal respiratory epithelial cells - Ms Elizabeth Haughey

Establishing CRISPR-Engineered iPSC Models to Study Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia - Dr Jila Ajeian

iPSC-derived neuronal modelling of developmental encephalopathies using CRISPR-edited lines - Ms Barbora Cerna/ Ms Ellie O’Connell

Generation of a COL6A2 knock-out iPSC line for modelling Collagen VI-related muscular dystrophy in vitro - Dr Chloe Flett

GABA metabolism in arginine-deficient iPSC-derived astrocytes - Dr Rachel Bates


Online attendance
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84296111656?pwd=8CTflZQNT1q3nlRCh7a1eXna7urqJW.1
Meeting ID: 842 9611 1656
Passcode: 986065


We look forward to seeing you there. If you have any queries, please contact Azeezat Aminu (Azeezat.aminu@gosh.nhs.uk )