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Life 2.0: The Promise and Challenge of a CRISPR Path to a Sustainable Planet

On December 10th and 11th, the National Academy of Sciences held a colloquium in Irvine, California in partnership with the IGI. The colloquium was a solution-oriented multidisciplinary dialogue addressing CRISPR’s biggest potential impacts over the next decade, including medical, agricultural, and environmental uses, as well as key obstacles to impact. 

All of the recorded talks are available below.

Dana Carroll giving a talk
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A View From the Edge

Dana Carroll

Professor, University of Utah
Natalie Kofler
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The Voice of Many: Collective Oversight of Environmental Gene Editing

Natalie Kofler

Founder & Director, Editing Nature at Yale University
Dietram Scheufele
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Connecting on CRISPR: Effective Public Communication About Genome Editing

Dietram Scheufele

Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Heather Lombardi
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FDA’s Science- and Risk-Based Framework and Genome Editing in Animals

Heather Lombardi

Director of Animal Bioengineering and Cellular Therapies, FDA
Bruce Whitelaw
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Editing Farmed Animals

Bruce Whitelaw

Professor, University of Edinburgh
Bruce Hay
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The Next Generation of Gene Drives

Bruce Hay

Professor, California Institute of Technology
Fyodor Urnov
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The Next Generation of Edited Humans

Fyodor Urnov

Director of Technology and Translation, Innovative Genomics Institute
Peter Marks
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The Regulatory Landscape for Genome Editing

Peter Marks

Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA
John H. Evans
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Ethical and Social Issues in Human Germline Editing

John H. Evans

Professor, University of California, San Diego
Shruthi Mahalingaiah
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Medical Indications for Future Germline Editing

Shruthi Mahalingaiah

Professor, Harvard University
Jennifer Doudna
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Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cas Systems: Challenges and Opportunities

Jennifer Doudna

Executive Director, Innovative Genomics Institute
Mary Powers
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Synthetic Threads Through the Web of Life

Mary Power

Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Michele Calos
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How Gene Therapy Can Address the Public Health Challenge of Genetic Disease

Michele Calos

Professor Emerita, Stanford University
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Overcoming Bottlenecks in Plant Gene Editing

Daniel Voytas

Director of the Center for Precision Plant Genomics, University of Minnesota
Debra Mathews
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CRISPR and the meaning of solidarity in a Balkanized world

Debra Mathews

Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Eric Olson
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CRISPR Correction of Muscle Disease

Eric Olson

Professor, University of Texas Southwestern