Cell · 2013

Dynamic imaging of genomic loci in living human cells by an optimized CRISPR/Cas system

Chen B, Gilbert LA, Cimini BA, Schnitzbauer J, Zhang W, Li GW, Park J, Blackburn EH, Weissman JS, Qi LS, Huang B.

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  • Chen B — Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
  • Gilbert LA — Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Center for RNA Systems Biology, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • Cimini BA — Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Tetrad Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
  • Schnitzbauer J — Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
  • Zhang W — Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
  • Li GW — Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Center for RNA Systems Biology, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
  • Park J — Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
  • Blackburn EH — Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
  • Weissman JS — Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Center for RNA Systems Biology, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
  • Qi LS — Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: stanley.qi@ucsf.edu.
  • Huang B — Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: bo.huang@ucsf.edu.
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Jonas Sato

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Eva Khan

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Solid methods, convincing results.

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Nice but incremental.

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Tom Patel

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Mei Smith

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Great figures and clear story.

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Noor Cohen

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Important contribution to the field.

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Ines Nguyen

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Alex Brown

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Jonas Khan

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Solid methods, convincing results.

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Ravi Khan

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Nice but incremental.

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Liam Silva

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Important contribution to the field.

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Great figures and clear story.

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Tom Kim

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Great figures and clear story.

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Jonas Garcia

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Important contribution to the field.