But I am not in charge of selecting the contest winner. Scanning through the 500 proposals I saw this one on the investigation of DNA damage by radiation and microgravity and I thought „wow – this is great!“. We read them all and in the end we have five finalist teams that compete to bring their experiment to the ISS using the tools that we had already developed. Every year we get hundreds of applications from all across the US. Genes in Space is a contest that challenges high school students to develop DNA experiments for space. Who had the idea to bring CRISPR out there?ĮG: It was 100% the idea of a team of high school students. Thanks to Rebecca and Aarthi for joining and thanks to Emily for setting up the contact! Let me directly start with you Emily: Genes in Space has already done several experiments on the ISS. WN: Welcome to our small interview meeting. Genes in Space was founded by Boeing and miniPCR bio with the aim of inspiring the next generation of scientists, but it has also lead to some ground breaking experiments in space like the CRISPR experiment that was recently published in PLOS ONE ( ). The winning student proposal is then adapted and performed on the International Space Station. The Genes in Space contest ( ) challenges middle and high school students in the United States to design DNA experiments for space. on the public outreach project “ CRISPR-Whisper”. Wolfgang Nellen (WN) – was a professor for genetics at Kassel University and is now working for Science Bridge e.V.
in Biology from Harvard University before pursuing her passion for science education as a member of the Curriculum Fellows Program at Harvard Medical School. – is the Curriculum Specialist at miniPCR bio. Joan Steitz’s lab on the role of long noncoding RNAs produced by readthrough transcription on the antiviral response.Įmily Gleason (EG), Ph.D. Amy Bei’s lab on the functional analysis of the malaria vaccine candidate PfRipr.Īarthi Vijayakumar (AV) – is now studying Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale. Rebecca Li (RL) – is now studying Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale. An interview with Rebecca Li, Aarthi Vijayakumar and Emily Gleason on exploring CRISPR-Cas9 functionality on the ISS
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