Home News Colloquia colloquien_SS_2017 Archiv colloquium series summer term 2017 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Klaus Förstemann Genome editing and the CRISPR/cas revolution (Prof. K. Förstemann) Date: May 23, 2017 Time: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Klaus Förstemann Department Biochemie und Genzentrum München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall Host: MPQ I will present the origins of the prokaryotic (i.e. bacteria and archaea) CRISPR/cas systems, then describe how one particular variant (Streptococcus pyogenes cas9) has been adapted and optimized for use in eukaryotic cells. [more]