Oscar Castanon

ORCID: 0000-0002-3746-199X
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Research Areas
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

Harvard University
2017-2020

École Polytechnique
2017-2020

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2017-2020

Inserm
2017-2020

Université Paris-Saclay
2017

Abstract To extend the frontier of genome editing and enable repetitive elements mammalian genomes, we made use a set dead-Cas9 base editor (dBE) variants that allow at tens thousands loci per cell by overcoming death associated with DNA double-strand breaks single-strand breaks. We used gRNAs targeting elements—ranging in target copy number from about 32 to 161 000 cell. dBEs enabled survival after large-scale editing, allowing targeted mutations up ∼13 200 ∼12 293T human induced...

10.1093/nar/gkaa239 article EN cc-by Nucleic Acids Research 2020-04-01

Multiplex genome editing is the simultaneous introduction of multiple distinct modifications to a given genome. Though in its infancy, maturation this field will facilitate powerful new biomedical research approaches and enable host far-reaching biological engineering applications, including therapeutic modalities industrial as well "genome writing" de-extinction efforts. In Perspective, we focus on multiplex large eukaryotic genomes. We describe current state multiplexed editing, limits our...

10.1021/acschembio.7b00842 article EN ACS Chemical Biology 2017-12-14

Abstract To extend the frontier of genome editing and enable radical redesign mammalian genomes, we developed a set dead-Cas9 base editor (dBE) variants that allow at tens thousands loci per cell by overcoming death associated with DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) single-strand (SSBs). We used gRNAs targeting repetitive elements – ranging in target copy number from about 31 to 124,000 cell. dBEs enabled survival after large-scale editing, allowing targeted mutations up ~13,200 ~2610 293T...

10.1101/574020 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2019-03-15

Abstract We have exploited the repetitive nature of transposable elements human genome to generate synthetic circuits. Transposable such as LINE-1 and Alu successfully replicated in mammalian genomes throughout evolution reach a copy number ranging from thousands more than million. Targeting these with programmable DNA nucleases CRISPR-Cas9 rapidly induce extremely high levels cell death. use this genotoxic feature build biocontainment circuits: CRISPR defense system (CRISPR-DS) capable...

10.1101/2020.02.03.922146 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2020-02-04
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