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OnTarget: in silico design of MiniPromoters for targeted delivery of expression
Abstract MiniPromoters, or compact promoters, are short DNA sequences that can drive expression in specific cells and tissues. While broadly useful, they are of high relevance to gene therapy due to their role in enabling precise control of where a therapeutic gene will be expressed. Here, we present OnTarget (http://ontarget.cmmt.ubc.ca), a webserver that streamlines the […] Read More
CMMT Newsletter March 2023
The Space in Between Seth Parker, an Assistant Professor in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UBC, arrived at CMMT to set up his own lab in 2020, on the heels of Covid 19. Fresh from New York, where he was a postdoctoral fellow at New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Parker […] Read More
Dr. Michael Kobor – Setting the Stage for Healthy Aging
We extend our congratulations to Dr. Michael Kobor who has been appointed the inaugural chair of the new Edwin S.H. Leong Healthy Aging Program at UBC. The Edwin S.H. Leong Chair in Healthy Aging is a UBC President’s Excellence Chair. With Dr. Kobor’s substantial expertise on the epigenetic impacts of environmental factors, he will build […] Read More
Dr. Jessica Dennis receives Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Award
Dr. Jessica Dennis has received a 2022 Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar award. Dr. Dennis’ research focuses on the genomic mechanisms underlying the prenatal and early childhood origins of mental illness in children. Her research is critical and timely; the last decade has seen an explosion of genomic and health-related data. Health Research BC […] Read More