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The Science and Ethics of CRISPR and CRISPR-Inspired Gene Editing

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A lecture by Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P. (University of Santo Tomas)

Sunday, November 12th

11:00 AM

W11 Main Dining Room

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the Speaker:

Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., currently serves as Professor of Biological Sciences & Professor of Sacred Theology at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. His NIH-funded laboratory at Providence College is investigating the genetics of programmed cell death using the yeasts, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans, as model organisms.

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