Molecular biologists are at the forefront of the genome editing technology, exploring its immense potential for diagnostics, therapeutics and other out-of-the-box applications. This puts them in a perfect position to share the current advancements in genetic engineering and discuss ongoing challenges and limitations of the technology. We thus approached various molecular biologists to debunk the misconceptions surfaced during our survey. This can be found in #CasAsks: Survey.
Our team therefore hopes to become a bridge between the scientists who have the in-depth knowledge on genome editing and the general public who will be the eventual consumer of this technology. In this post, we distilled the keynotes highlighted by the expert scientists during our interviews to provide the general public with a wider perspective on the issue of genome editing.
Team:NUS Singapore-Sci/Cas Asks Interview
Bridging the Gap: Interview keynote with expert scientists and bioethicists
Profile of our interviewees
Dr. Kon Oi Lian
is currently a Division head of the National Cancer Centre Singapore and has a Honorary Joint Professor position at the Department of Biochemistry in Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS).
Dr. Kon’s research focuses on cell therapy research in metabolic diseases. Currently, she is working on introducing a therapeutic gene to primary mammalian cells using zinc finger nucleases that aims to treat Haemophilia B (more information can be found here).
is currently a Division head of the National Cancer Centre Singapore and has a Honorary Joint Professor position at the Department of Biochemistry in Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS).
Dr. Kon’s research focuses on cell therapy research in metabolic diseases. Currently, she is working on introducing a therapeutic gene to primary mammalian cells using zinc finger nucleases that aims to treat Haemophilia B (more information can be found here).