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Cracking the Genetic Code with Kevin Esvelt

April 3, 2017

Kevin Esvelt

Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; NEC Career Development Professor of Computer and Communications

Uruguay wants to use gene drives to eradicate devastating screwworms

The project was inspired by a conversation with Media Lab Professor Kevin Esvelt, a pioneer in developing gene drives.

iBiology features two introductory classes from CRISPR expert Kevin Esvelt, head of the Media Lab's Sculpting Evolution group.

Pursue modular "daisy drive" platforms with the potential to safely, efficiently, and reversibly edit local sub-populations of organisms

Kevin Esvelt has been named as one of the Inverse Future 50, “a group of 50 people who will be forces of good in the 2020s.”