TJ Cradick, PhD
CRISPR Therapeutics, Head of Genome Editing
What is your current professional status?
Head of Genome Editing, CRISPR Therapeutics
What is your work setting (i.e. academic institution, government organization, bio-industry/pharmaceutical company, etc.)?
Biotechnology
What is your scientific area of research?
Therapeutic Gene Editing
Why do you want to be a mentor?
I tremendously appreciated and continue to value the mentoring that I receive and hope to share what I have learned from my time in academia and industry.
As a mentor, what are you hoping to gain from this experience?
I hope to be an active participant, sharing and helping to train the next generation. I also hope to meet and be inspired by new scientists and doctors.
How important are the following in the selection of a mentee: (1 – 5 scale, 1 = most important, 5 = least important)
- Compatibility of Scientific Specialties: 3
- Geographic Location: 5
- Professional Status / Success: 4
- Compatibility of Career Path: 2
- Communication Style: 2
Please provide a biography that describes who you are and what you do in the field of gene and/or cell therapy:
TJ has been working in the field of gene editing for >15 years, including researching Zinc Finger Nucleases, TALENs and CRISPR across a range of targets and indications. In addition, he has co-authored a number of bioinformatic web tools, including ZFN-site, SAPTA (TALEN design), PROGNOS (TALEN and ZFN off-target), and COSMID (CRISPR off-target with bulges). TJ has been in a number of research settings in academics (MIT, UCSF, U Iowa, Georgia Tech) and industry (Repligen, Tularik, Sangamo, CRISPR Therapeutics, etc) and can share insights on transitioning between the different settings.
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