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PERSONALISING CRISPRGENOME EDITING
August 2016
Edward Perello| CBO & Founder
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DESKTOP GENETICSHELPING YOU MANIPULATE GENOMES
LONDONEST. 2012
BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS
GENE EDITING SERVICES
BACKED BY LARGEST SEQUENCING PROVIDER
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TWO PATHS TO DESKTOP GENETICSPRODUCTS & SERVICES DATA
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TEACH AI TO PERFORM GENETIC SURGERYMACHINE INTELLIGENCE IS THE ONLY WAY TO EDIT THE GENOME SAFELY
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AGENDA
1. Brief intro to CRISPR
2. Our story so far
3. Taking CRISPR to the clinic
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Editing the Genome with CRISPR
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GENE THERAPY TACKLES DISEASESCRISPR is used to modify the genome of a patient’s cells
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CRISPR OVERVIEWProgrammable two-component system
CAS9 NUCLEASE
RNACOMPONENT
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CRISPR OVERVIEWProgrammable two-component system
CAS9 NUCLEASE
RNACOMPONENT
VARIABLE20 BP GUIDE RNA
CONSTANTREGION
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CRISPR OVERVIEWProgrammable two-component system
CAS9 NUCLEASE
RNACOMPONENT
ACTIVE RNA-GUIDED CAS9
COMPLEX
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CRISPR OVERVIEWMolecular find and replace for DNA
Source: McGovern Brain Institute Youtube Channel
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WHY EDIT GENOMES?Research & development → Clinical interventions
- Degenerative blindness- Custom disease models
- Humanization of heart valves- Swine fever resistance
- HIV eradicated in vitro- Immuno-oncology
- Clinical trials cured cancer - Clinical trials cured HIV
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WHY START A BUSINESS IN THIS SPACE?Huge biotechnology, life science and clinical prospects
75M PATIENTS3M RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS
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Our Story
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2011 – MEETING AT CAMBRIDGEMPHIL BIOSCIENCE ENTERPRISE DEGREE
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2012 – SYNTHBOT, CUTEC, SEEDTHE BIOTECH NESPRESSO
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2013 – AUTOCLONE, TSB , RAISEHARDWARE OUT, SOFTWARE IN
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2014 – HORIZON CRISPR TOOL & TSBINTERNAL CRISPR R&D TOOL
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2014 - GUIDEBOOKCO-BRANDED CRISPR DESIGN & SALES PORTAL
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2015 – DESKGEN, CLASS, PARTNERSUNITING & OPTIMISING OUR TOOLSET
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CRISPR EXPERIMENTS MODE, RICHER UI2015 – DESKGEN, CLASS, PARTNERS
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2015 – DESKGEN, CLASS, PARTNERSPARTNERSHIPS MAKE LITERAL DESKTOP GENETICS POSSIBLE
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Taking CRISPR into the clinic
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INTERNATIONAL ENDEAVOURCRISPR is a global phenomenon
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2016 – GUIDE PICKER, NGS, BEYONDMULTIDIMENSIONAL GUIDE SELECTION
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2016 – GUIDE PICKER, NGS, BEYONDUSING BIOLOGICAL DATA TO TAKE OUR AI FURTHER
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HUMANS VS. MACHINESMACHINES OUT-PERFORM MANUAL DESIGN
CRIS
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PERFORM GENETIC SURGERY WITH AIDesign CRISPR for every lab, teach our algorithms, go to the clinic
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LIFE AT DESKTOP GENETICSRecognition in tech, biology, and everything in between
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WE’RE HIRINGJoin us in Shoreditch; tell your friends!
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