The Frontier Development Program for Genome Editing

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On June 24, 2021, Hiroshima University held the first seminar in the advanced science seminar series on the theme of "Developing a Future Society with Genome Editing."

In the first seminar, Professor (Special Appointment) BONO Hidemasa of the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, delivered a lecture titled "How Bioinformatics Can Be Used for Genome Editing?"
The content of the lecture was as follows.

  • Bioinformatics is a research field that combines biology and informatics, and is a discipline that analyzes data using computers to obtain biologically significant insights.
  • Life science is reverse engineering, and bioinformatics is not just a specialized technology for elucidating life phenomena, but has now become a core method of life science research.
  • Currently, his team is working on the development of a data-driven genome breeding technology that utilizes genome editing, by combining wet and dry lab approaches.
  • Under the belief that education is important for advancing research in this field, he is involved in teaching mainly in the Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education of the Hiroshima University.
  • He is working to promote the utilization of bioinformatics particularly in genome editing research, through disclosure of the developed program codes and the publication of related papers and books.

In Hiroshima University's advanced science seminar series "Developing a Future Society with Genome Editing," speakers mainly from Hiroshima University in charge of the Frontier Development Program for Genome Editing (selected as a Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education) introduce their efforts related to genome-editing technology-one of Hiroshima University's strengths-and give clear explanations of the present status and future of the technology. The series is planned to comprise four seminars.
Details about the next and subsequent seminars will be given on the website of the Frontier Development Program for Genome Editing and through other media. We look forward to having many people attend the seminars.

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