How CRISPR is Transforming Embryology Research and Training | Synthego Blog

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The soaring popularity of  has enabled researchers to expand biological research beyond mice and study different animal models. In fact, the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, hosts a 6-week course in developmental biology every summer where students are now applying CRISPR to understand the biology of animals.

(L to R) Kevin Holden, Leslie Babonis, and Erin Jarvis at Ůֱ. Photo credit: Aaron Pomerantz
(L to R) Kevin Holden, Leslie Babonis, and Erin Jarvis at Ůֱ. Photo credit: Aaron Pomerantz

We chat with , Research Scientist & Lab Manager at MBLand , postdoctoral researcher at the Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida, about their work, MBLsummer course, and how Synthego-sponsored guides are helping researchers make new discoveries in the course. 

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