Genome Editing: All Things Considered   

Suzhou, China

Nov 18-22, 2024   

Abstract deadline: September 13, 2024

 

Organized by:

 

Jens Boch, Leibniz University Hannover

Dana Carroll, University of Utah

Jin-Soo Kim, Seoul National University

Haoyi Wang, Institute Of Zoology, CAS

Wensheng Wei, Peking University


We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Genome Editing: All Things Considered  which will be held in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7:00pm on the evening of Monday November 18, and will conclude after lunch on Friday November 22, 2024.


The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in Genome Editing. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.



Major Topics:

1. New developments in genome editing: methods and tools

2. Mechanistic studies related to genome editing

3. High-throughput screening & target discovery

4. Repurposing of genome editing

5. Genome editing in animals and plants

6. Therapeutic application

7. Genome writing and synthetic biology

8. All things considered


Keynote Speakers:

TBA


Invited Speakers:

TBA



We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status (fellow's talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers. 

Fellowship: 
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship (USD $100-$500) awards. For more details, please visit  
Stipends


We look forward to seeing you at Suzhou in November, 2024.