Detecting Viruses with CRISPR | Cameron Myhrvold | TEDxBoston

Cameron Myhrvold, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton, will explain how the CRISPR effector protein Cas13 can be used to detect viruses. CRISPR-based diagnostics should enable self-testing at home, as well as the detection of hundreds of viruses simultaneously in the lab.

Tag words: CRISPR, diagnostics, COVID-19 pandemic, nucleic acid detection, virology
Cameron Myhrvold is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. His work specializes in the development of CRISPR-based technologies for studying RNA, with an emphasis on detecting and destroying RNA viruses. He received a PhD in Systems Biology from Harvard in 2016. His PhD studies in synthetic biology and nucleic acid nanotechnology, supported by a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation fellowship, involved the development of three technologies that demonstrated a variety of applications for self-assembled nanostructures. During his postdoc, he turned his attention towards the RNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein Cas13, where he has led or co-led the development of four Cas13-based technologies, including CARMEN, CARVER, and SHINE. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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