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ChristianaCare Gene Editing Institute’s Amanda Hewes Selected as a 2023 Outstanding Delaware Woman in STEM by Million Women Mentors

Hewes was among honorees at a special event held at Delaware Legislative Hall

Eric Kmiec, Ph.D., Named Editor-in-Chief of Gene and Genome Editing

Eric Kmiec, Ph.D., executive director and chief scientific officer of ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute, has been selected as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Gene and Genome Editing. Kmiec served three years on the journal’s board prior to this new position.

Carolina Partners with ChristianaCare Gene Editing Institute to Launch CRISPR in a Box™ Kits for High School Science Labs

Carolina and the Gene Editing Institute introduce Nobel Prize-winning technology and STEM 2023 Awards Finalist kit to give students hands-on, cutting-edge lab experience of cell-free gene editing.

Upcoming Presentations

2024 World Congress on In Vitro Biology

Date: 8-12 June 2024

Location: St. Louis, MO

Presenter: Dr. Eric Kmiec

8th International Conference on Nucleic Acids & CRISPR

Date: 29-30 July 2024

Location: London, UK

Presenter: Dr. Eric Kmiec

Scientific Publications

Exon skipping induced by CRISPR-directed gene editing regulates the response to chemotherapy in non-small cell lung carcinoma cells

Authors: Banas K, Modarai S, Rivera-Torres N, Yoo B-C, Bialk P, Barrett C, Batish M, Kmiec EB

Journal: Gene Therapy, 2022

CRISPR-Directed Gene Editing as a Method to Reduce Chemoresistance in Lung Cancer Cells

Authors: Rivera-Torres N, Bialk P & Kmiec EB

Journal: Cancer Systems and Integrative Biology

Learning Lab: A Hands-On Way for Future Scientists to Engage with CRISPR

Authors: Hewes A, LaTorre S, Sisson M, Hake, D

Journal: Delaware Journal of Public Health

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