Course on Gene-Editing Technologies

This spring the Lund Stem Cell Center Cell and Gene Therapy Core Facility is offering a new course containing in depth information about gene editing design, execution and delivery.

The aim of this 5-day course is to get a better theoretical and practical understanding of gene-editing. From experimental design to edit evaluation and post-edit quality controls. 

Target group: Anyone (from TAs and PhDs to PIs) who is new to working with gene-editing. 

Apply to join before the deadline on 31 March, 2025.

• Register today

Course Content

Focus lectures

• How to design SNP and small edits, KOs, larger insertions and deletions
• How to peform the edit - components, delivery, (eg. RNP vs plasmid, electroporation vs lipofection vs virus)
• How to evaluate the edit in and clonal situations
• What´s next? Edit type specific quality controls and other QC
• The workflow and reporting
• Experimental design, numbers, read-out etc

Overview lectures

• History, background and editing alternatives
• The crispr toolbox overview
• CRISPRa/i
• Prime and base-editing
• CRISPR screens

Practical elements

• Design
• Analyze bulk-edited cells
• Analyze individual clones

Instructors

Dr. Pia Johansson, Director of the Cell and Gene Therapy Core Facility

Course Fee 

(for national academic users, external customers please contact us for availability and pricing)

• Full course: 7 500 SEK

Please note that this course is not yet available to for inclusion in LAKOK, so no credits, only a certificate, will be awarded. Please note that even though persons from all universities are welcome to apply, local applicants are prioritised.