ESP Biography



MEGAN WARNER, MIT PhD candidate in Biology



Major: 7/Biology

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: G

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Megan is a graduate student in biology at MIT working towards her PhD who loves everything about DNA. She did her undergraduate work at Pomona College where she studied proteins that could eat exotic chemical waste like uranium (although for obvious reasons, she only studied their consumption of sulfur). She now studies how proteins faithfully duplicate all the genetic material in a cell.



Past Classes

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S9705: Genome Editing 101 in Splash 2015 (Nov. 21 - 22, 2015)
Scientists have worked for years trying to find easy ways to "fix" problems that give rise to human disease. The recent development of easy to use genome editing tools has creating hope for many new cures, but has also sparked worldwide controversy over its potential use to create "perfect" humans. Come learn how this new technology works and explore some of its implications for human society.