20 episodes

Hosted by Kevin Davies, PhD, GuidePost is an exciting podcast series featuring candid conversation with the pioneers and practitioners of CRISPR and gene editing research. Guests have included luminaries Emmanuelle Charpentier, Francisco Mojica, Rodolphe Barrangou, Virginijus Siksnys, Sylvain Moineau, and Jakob Sherkow, among others. GuidePost is produced by The CRISPR Journal, the only peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and applications of gene editing.

GuidePost, A Podcast Series from The CRISPR Journal The CRISPR Journal

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Hosted by Kevin Davies, PhD, GuidePost is an exciting podcast series featuring candid conversation with the pioneers and practitioners of CRISPR and gene editing research. Guests have included luminaries Emmanuelle Charpentier, Francisco Mojica, Rodolphe Barrangou, Virginijus Siksnys, Sylvain Moineau, and Jakob Sherkow, among others. GuidePost is produced by The CRISPR Journal, the only peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and applications of gene editing.

    GuidePost Ep. 20: Eben Kirksey, Human Futures and Gene Editing

    GuidePost Ep. 20: Eben Kirksey, Human Futures and Gene Editing

    Anthropologist and author Eben Kirksey discusses his interest in somatic and hereditary human genome editing, particularly the impact on patients and practitioners, the history of CCR5 gene editing, and recalls his exceptional reporting in China in the wake of the CRISPR babies scandal, all of which is included in his riveting book “The Mutant Project” (2020).

    • 1 hr 3 min
    GuidePost Ep. 19: David Liu, Precision Chemistry on DNA

    GuidePost Ep. 19: David Liu, Precision Chemistry on DNA

    The architect of base editing and prime editing, Harvard University chemist David R. Liu, recalls the genesis of the technology and discusses exciting preclinical results and potential future applications.
    {Sponsored by Pegasus Books}

    • 51 min
    GuidePost Ep. 18: Kevin Davies, CRISPR Chronicler

    GuidePost Ep. 18: Kevin Davies, CRISPR Chronicler

    In this podcast, Mendelspod host Theral Timpson interviews Kevin Davies about his latest book, "Editing Humanity: The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing".
    {Episode Sponsored by Mendelspod}

    • 1 hr 2 min
    GuidePost Ep. 17: Dame Kay Davies, Guidance for Heritable Genome Editing

    GuidePost Ep. 17: Dame Kay Davies, Guidance for Heritable Genome Editing

    A conversation with Dame Kay Davies, University of Oxford geneticist and co-chair of the just-published international commission report on Hereditary Human Genome Editing (HHGE), which lays out a roadmap for if, when, and how we should proceed with embryo editing for couples with severe genetic diseases.

    • 38 min
    GuidePost Ep. 16: Luciano Marraffini, big time microbiologist

    GuidePost Ep. 16: Luciano Marraffini, big time microbiologist

    A discussion with Luciano Marraffini, the Rockefeller University microbiologist who has made several fundamental contributions in the brief history of CRISPR biology and genome editing.

    • 37 min
    GuidePost Ep. 15: Bartha Knoppers, bioethics and human rights

    GuidePost Ep. 15: Bartha Knoppers, bioethics and human rights

    Canadian law professor Bartha Knoppers (McGill University) talks about her long-standing interests in genetics, bioethics, human rights and her latest role studying the clinical implementation of genome editing.

    • 16 min

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