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DESCRIPTION:The Killam Seminar Series presents: 'Genome Engineering for Can
 cer Biology and Neuroscience'\n\nHost: Yang Zhou\n\nTo attend in person\, 
 register here.\n\nTo attend virtually\, https://vimeo.com/event/2446006\n
 \nSpeaker: Neville Sanjana\n\nNew York Genome Center and New York Universi
 ty\, USA\n\nBio:  \n\nNeville Sanjana\, PhD\, is a Core Faculty Member at 
 the New York Genome Center. He holds a joint appointment as Assistant Prof
 essor in the Department of Biology at New York University and is an Assist
 ant Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology at the NYU School of Medicine
 .\n\nAs a bioengineer\, Dr. Sanjana is focused on creating new tools to un
 derstand the impact of genetic changes on the nervous system and cancer ev
 olution. His research interests include bioengineering\, genomics\, neuros
 cience\, cancer biology and systems biology. Dr. Sanjana and his research 
 team use a multi-disciplinary approach\, combining genome engineering\, hi
 gh-throughput screens\, bioinformatics\, electrophysiology\, and imaging\,
  to dissect the inner workings of the human genome and its dysfunction in 
 tumor evolution and neurodevelopmental disorders.\n\nUtilizing new technol
 ogies for large-scale DNA synthesis\, gene editing and next-generation seq
 uencing\, the Sanjana Lab has developed pooled screening approaches for fu
 nctional genomics\, creating CRISPR libraries to target all protein-coding
  genes and noncoding regions of the genome. Dr. Sanjana has identified nov
 el genetic drivers of melanoma drug resistance\, drivers of metastasis in 
 vivo\, and mechanisms used by tumors to evade immunotherapy. One of the ma
 jor goals of the Sanjana Lab is to continue expanding the genome engineeri
 ng toolbox to further scientific understanding of the noncoding genome and
  its vital role in human health and disease.\n\nDr. Sanjana’s recent award
 s include the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists a
 nd Engineers\, being named the Leichtung Family Investigator by the Brain 
 & Behavior Research Foundation\, the AAAS Wachtel Prize for Cancer Researc
 h\, the DARPA Young Faculty Award\, the Kimmel Scholar Award\, and the NIH
 ’s New Innovator Award. Prior to joining the New York Genome Center\, he w
 as a Simons Postdoctoral Fellow at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.
 \n\nDr. Sanjana holds a PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT and a
  BS in Symbolic Systems and a BA in English from Stanford University.\n\n
 \nTo attend in person\, register here:\n\n\nSupported by the generosity of
  the Killam Trusts\, the MNI's Killam Seminar Series invites outstanding g
 uest speakers whose research is of interest to the scientific community at
  the MNI and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.\n
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LOCATION:De Grandpré Communications Centre\, Montreal Neurological Institut
 e\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2B4\, 3801 rue University
SUMMARY:Killam Seminar Series: 'Genome Engineering for Cancer Biology and N
 euroscience'
URL:/neuro/channels/event/killam-seminar-series-genome
 -engineering-cancer-biology-and-neuroscience-340130
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