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Duy P. Nguyen, PhD

Duy P. Nguyen, PhD

Project title
"Genome editing via an engineered RNA-guided nuclease to create cancer genetic models"

Dr. Nguyen is analyzing the bacterial enzyme Cas9, which has emerged to be a versatile tool to manipulate the genome. He aims to develop an efficient method for selective delivery to and activation of Cas9 in cancer cells. The developed methodology will hopefully set the foundation for rapidly creating genetic models to interrogate signaling pathways implicated in cancer and to investigate novel drug screening approaches that identify new drug targets for cancer treatment.

Institution
University of California, San Francisco
Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s)
James A. Wells, PhD
Cancer type
All Cancers
Research area
Chemical Biology
Award Program
Fellow
Named Award
Connie and Bob Lurie Fellow