International Symposium on Genome Editing Technologies and their Applications in Biology, Medicine and Agriculture | 16-18 February 2017

20th ADNAT Convention

International Symposium on
‘Genome Editing Technologies and their Applications in Biology, Medicine and Agriculture’

16th to 18th February 2017

Venue: Convention Centre, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar

The Genome editing technology is a revolutionary advancement of very recent years that combines the principles of molecular biology and genetic engineering to generate precise targeted modification in the genome. Advent of novel approaches in the genome editing technologies employing designer nucleases have substantially improved our ability to make precise changes in the genomes of eukaryotic cells. Genome editing as an emerging technology has a high impact on our ability to decipher the function of gene both ;in vitro ;and ;in vivo ;either by gene insertion, deletion or gene mutation. This relatively recent technology is already broadening our ability to elucidate the contribution of genetics to disease by facilitating the creation of accurate cellular and animal models of pathological processes. A more striking potential application of genome editing is the potential to directly correct genetic mutations in affected tissues and cells thus keeping alive the hope of treating debilitating diseases that are refractory to traditional therapies.

Theme

• Genome Editing and Engineering - Concept and introduction
  • Historical context, Comparison between Gene Therapy & genome Engineering, nomenclature, different mechanisms, methods and applications
  • Classes of Edits or Modifications: Knock-out, Knock-in (gene or gene segments), Point Edits and Large Deletions
• Methods of Genome Editing and Engineering
  • Nucleic Acid based Editing: RNA Editing
    • Cas-9 application in RNA Modification
    • RNAi Engineering
  • Protein Based Editing:
    • Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFNs)
    • Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (TALENs)
  • CRISPR / Cas systems:
    • Technology principle, advancements and future challenges
• Therapeutic Applications of Genome Editing
  • Cell-line engineering
  • Creating edited organisms -Knock-out rats, mice, rabbits and other animals
  • Gene editing for functional screening & Drug discovery
  • Therapeutic Application of Genome Editing
    • Application of CRISPR, ZFN, TALENs
• Genome modification in plants and microbes
• Genome editing in live stock species
  • Status of the technology
  • Genome editing for agronomic traits
  • Genome editing for diseases resistance
  • Creation of models of human diseases and xenotransplantation
  • Production of pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals
• Ethical, social and policy consideration issues in Genome engineering

Date of early bird registration and abstract submission has been extended to 25th January, 2017

More Info : http://kiitbiotech.ac.in/adnat/index.html

Don't forget to mention helpBIOTECH when you Apply