Nat Biotechnol · 2016

Optimized sgRNA design to maximize activity and minimize off-target effects of CRISPR-Cas9

Doench JG, Fusi N, Sullender M, Hegde M, Vaimberg EW, Donovan KF, Smith I, Tothova Z, Wilen C, Orchard R, Virgin HW, Listgarten J, Root DE.

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  • Doench JGBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Fusi NMicrosoft Research New England, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Sullender MBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Hegde MBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Vaimberg EWBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Donovan KFBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Smith IBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Tothova ZBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Wilen CWashington University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Orchard RWashington University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Virgin HWWashington University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Listgarten JMicrosoft Research New England, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Root DEBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Lena Brown

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Nice but incremental.

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Solid methods, convincing results.

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Lena Sato

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Important contribution to the field.

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Ravi Park

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Mei Rossi

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Omar Rossi

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Important contribution to the field.

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Pablo Wang

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Ravi Mueller

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Nice but incremental.

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Sam Smith

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Important contribution to the field.

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Tariq Smith

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Important contribution to the field.

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Tariq Brown

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Sam Silva

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Tom Nguyen

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Tariq Cohen

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Great figures and clear story.

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Ines Wang

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Nice but incremental.

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Lena Garcia

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Important contribution to the field.

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Ken Smith

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Great figures and clear story.