CRISPR Workshop
DATE AND VENUE
Friday 26 June 2026, 1.30-6.30pm, TS Eliot Theatre, Merton College, Oxford.
Sponsored by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre's Gene and Cell Therapy theme.
REGISTRATION
This event is open to Oxford University research staff and graduate students. Online registration is open until Wednesday 17 June 2026 via this registration form. Note that online registration may close before this date if all seats are filled. (An Oxford University Single Sign-On is required for access to the registration form.)
PROGRAMME
| 13.15 | REGISTRATION | |
| 14.00 | Robert MacLaren, Theme Leader for Gene and Cell Therapy, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre | Welcoming address |
| 14.05 | SESSION 1: CRISPR gene editing, activation and silencing; applications of CRISPR in genome engineering (Chair: Silja Haldrup) | |
| Silja Haldrup, Postdoctoral Researcher, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences | Is prime editing a treatment strategy for retinal disease? | |
| Tien-En Tan, DPhil Student and Clinical Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences | Gene editing for dominant cone-rod dystrophy caused by mutations in GUCY2D | |
| Gavin Turnbull, DPhil Student, Radcliffe Department of Medicine | Navigating HITI optimisation: balancing CRISPR ratios and designing robust ddPCR assays | |
| Steven Middleton, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences | Using CRISPR genome editing to link SLC45A4 to pain perception | |
| Dagmara Korona, Postdoctoral Researcher, Radcliffe Department of Medicine | Developing a mouse model of craniosynostosis using genome editing technologies | |
| Divya Ail, Postdoctoral Researcher, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences | Developing a non-human primate model of retinal degeneration using CRISPR-Cas9 | |
| 15.30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 16.00 | SESSION 2: CRISPR screening, diagnostics and epigenetic modulation; preclinical development and clinical translation of CRISPR gene and cell therapies (Chair: Arjun Padmanabhan) | |
| Arjun Padmanabhan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences |
HITing the right note: therapeutic genome editing for autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa due to RHO mutations (RP4) | |
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Brent Ryan, Group Leader, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics |
Functional genomics at scale using arrayed CRISPRi screening approaches in human neurons | |
| Andrew Castle, Postdoctoral Researcher, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences | Identifying modifiers of alpha-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease by proteostasis-focused CRISPR knockout screening | |
| Ping Zhang, Senior Biostatistical Researcher, Centre for Human Genetics | CRISPR strategies for editing regulatory genetic variation in immune cell crosstalk | |
| Roman Doll, DPhil Student, Radcliffe Department of Medicine | Genome editing for treatment of JAK2 V617F-driven myeloproliferative neoplasms | |
| Sumana Sharma, Group Leader, Radcliffe Department of Medicine | Genome-wide and arrayed KO strategies for primary T cells manipulation | |
| 17.15 | DRINKS AND CANAPÉS |