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CRISPR Whiteboard Lesson: What is the PAM?

September 7, 2017 Genome Engineering, Video, Entertainment, CRISPR Immunity, CRISPR Whiteboard Lesson

Watch the inaugural video of the IGI’s new Whiteboard Lesson series. This entertaining and comprehensive video explores an essential, yet confusing, CRISPR topic: the protospacer adjacent motif (PAM). Learn how just a few nucleotides determine whether a bacterium goes down a path of destruction or protection, and how this biological phenomenon factors into genome editing.

“What is the PAM?” was recorded and edited by our talented high school intern Eugene Lo during his summer-long science communication project.