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Fun to see the Perturb-seq toolbox continue to expand from Rahul Satija Neville Sanjana. Cas13 Perturb-seq has been on the tech with list! Capture of barcode gRNA at 3' end of tandem Cas13 guide array = less sgrna recombination and higher lenti titers.

Dreaming of a day when you won't need pipette arm PT after doing a genome-scale Perturb-seq experiment 😆

Our latest CRISPRi screening tools + tips w/ @JSWlab and Marco Jost: (1) dual-sgRNA libraries ⬆ knockdown while decreasing library size (2) comparison of CRISPRi effectors finds that Zim3-dCas9 offers ⬆ knockdown with minimal toxicity (3) validated Zim3-dCas9 cell lines

Our study is out nature. We identify non-lipid risk pathways for coronary artery disease using pooled CRISPR-interference for 2,285 genes at GWAS loci. With an amazing team we identified the genetic risk pathways for CAD that act in endothelial cells. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Today, NEJM published our clinical study of a novel #CARTCell in patients with #Glioblastoma. Early results with CARv3-TEAM-E suggest safety and bioactivity. Special thanks to all collaborators MGH Neurosurgery and Mass General Cancer Center! nej.md/3VnjUIq

From Russell Walton Blainey Lab , a very useful vector for those interested in taking advantage of sgRNA multiplexing for single cell CRISPR screens!

How do genetic perturbations change cells? How are these effects shaped by cell type and dosage? How do we best extract insight from modern massive perturbation atlases? Im pleased to share a new preprint where we develop a suite of statistical approaches to these Qs (link below)

Check out our latest large-scale Perturb-seq on biorxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… A new stat gen/GWAS-inspired analytic framework + large-scale screens in an expanded range of cell types Thanks Ajay Nadig and Luke O'Connor for involving us!

Just how impactful are large-scale perturbational data in single cell genomics? In the last two weeks, there have been *three* modeling/stats preprints with qualitatively different questions and insights for the same dataset generated by Joseph Replogle Jonathan Weissman's Lab (links below)

Excited to share our preprint "Multiome Perturb-seq unlocks scalable discovery of integrated perturbation effects on the transcriptome & epigenome". This work extends single-cell CRISPR screens to simultaneously profile gene expression & chromatin accessibility.

Can we recreate the transcriptional states seen in single-cell atlas projects? In our new preprint we try to do this using large-scale Perturb-seq experiments. Along the way we discuss off-target effects of CRISPR epigenetic editors and identify drivers of key fibroblast states.

The Norman lab's new large-scale CRISPRa Perturb-seq is a beautiful combination of question driven biology with single cell tech/analytic developments. I would expect nothing less from the lab!

Even while in residency and with infants at home, I find it hard not to put everything down to read this new analysis of our data by Jonathan Pritchard and team! And in the same week others are working toward optimizing large-scale Perturb-seq in cardiomyocytes biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congrats Ajay Nadig on TRADE out now in Nature Genetics: nature.com/articles/s4158… These statistical metrics enable more meaningful comparisons in Perturb-seq atlases. Also, now find the HepG2 and Jurkat Perturb-seq datasets on GEO GSE264667!