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DNA strands interacting with protein molecules

Faculty

Investigators of the CRISPR Cures for Cancer Initiative are conducting research at the intersection of genomic technologies and cellular immunotherapies at UC San Francisco, Gladstone Institutes, or the Innovative Genomics Institute at UC Berkeley. 

Gregory Allen, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine,
UC San Francisco

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Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS

Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS

President and Professor, 
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Jonathan Braverman, PhD

Principal Investigator,
Innovative Genomics Institute
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Julia Carnevale, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine,
UC San Francisco

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Affiliate Investigator,
Gladstone Institutes

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Charles Craik, PhD

Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UC San Francisco
 

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Derfogail Delcassian, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley
 

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Jennifer Doudna, PhD

Founder,
Innovative Genomics Institute

 

Professor of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology,
UC Berkeley

John Dueber, PhD

Professor of Engineering,
UC Berkeley




 

Justin Eyquem, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine,
UC San Francisco


Affiliate Investigator,
Gladstone Institutes

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Magnus Hoffman, PhD

Assistant Investigator,
Gladstone Institutes

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Roarke Kamber, PhD

Assistant Professor of Anatomy,
UC San Francisco
 

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Omar Khan, MD, PhD

Omar Khan, MD, PhD

Cellular Therapy & Transfusion Medicine Fellow, UC San Francisco

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Nevan Krogan, PhD

Director, UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute

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Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF
 

Hanqin Li, PhD

Hanqin Li, PhD

Principal Investigator,
Innovative Genomics Institute
 

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Wendell Lim, PhD

Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, UC San Francisco
 

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Averil Ma, MD

Professor of Medicine,
UC San Francisco
 

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Alex Marson, MD, PhD

Director and Senior Investigator, Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology
 

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Niren Murthy, PhD

Professor of Bioengineering, 
UC Berkeley

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Karin Pelka, PhD

Assistant Investigator,
Gladstone Institutes
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Kole Roybal, PhD

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, UC San Francisco

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Affiliate Investigator,
Gladstone Institutes

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Ansuman Satpathy, MD, PhD

Affiliate Investigator,
Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology

 

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David Schaffer, PhD

Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Imaging, UC Berkeley

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Seth Shipman, PhD

Associate Investigator, Gladstone Institutes

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Brian Shy, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine, UC San Francisco

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Matt Spitzer, PhD

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UC San Francisco​

 

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Zachary Steinhart, PhD

Research Scientist, Gladstone Institutes

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Arun Wiita, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine, UC San Francisco

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Ross Wilson, PhD

Director of Therapeutic Delivery,
Innovative Genomics Institute

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Jimmie Ye, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco
 

 

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