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Center for Genomic Editing and Recording: Development and Application of Next-Generation Genome and Epigenome Editing Methods to Advance the Study and Treatment of Human Disease

Award Number: RM1HG009490
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/08/2017
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2027

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Center for Genomic Editing and Recording: Development and Application of Next-Generation Genome and Epigenome Editing Methods to Advance the Study and Treatment of Human Disease - CENTER FOR GENOME EDITING AND RECORDING: PROJECT SUMMARY Recent advances in DNA sequencing and bioinformatics have generated vast numbers of sequence variants associated with disease that, in principle, hold the keys to breakthroughs in preventive medicine and therapeutic intervention. However, realizing the promise of personalized medicine will require accurate manipulation of DNA sequences and gene expression as well as interrogation of the functional consequences of sequence variants at a scale and level of accuracy not currently possible. The Center for Genome Editing and Recording (CGER) will address these challenges by creating technologies to detect, alter and record the sequence and output of the genome in individual cells and tissues. The CGER will exploit the programmable DNA binding and nickase activity of CRISPR-Cas proteins as well as engineered zinc finger and TALE proteins to create a new generation of tools to precisely engineer the genome and epigenome. These platforms will enable high-precision engineering of both the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes as well as heritable silencing or activation of messenger RNAs, long noncoding RNA and a host of other regulatory elements such as enhancers and insulator regions. Critically, these alterations can be made without introducing double stranded breaks to DNA, thereby avoiding DNA toxicity and minimizing reliance on complex and difficult-to-control endogenous DNA repair pathways. Collectively, these technologies will usher in a new era of safer, high precision and multiplexed genome and epigenome editing. In addition, we will exploit these platforms to develop higher-level multichannel molecular recorders that will allow us to track and reconstruct the life history of cells in an in vivo setting. We will add the ability to follow cells in space and time as well as record the history of their past cellular states to the existing phylogenetic lineage tracing systems pioneered in the previous embodiment of this Center. The center will be led by a team that collectively has a remarkable track record of developing bold, impactful new tools to expand their precision, efficacy, safety and scope, and finally exploiting these new capabilities to develop novel strategies to explore fundamental biological and biomedical problems. Our multidisciplinary team has a rich history of working together, which has been greatly accelerated by the CEGS structure in a manner that would simply not be possible if each co-PI had been working on similar problems in isolation. Leveraging the capabilities of the Whitehead Institute, MIT, The Broad Institute, Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, The Lewis Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton and the Massachusetts General Hospital, we aim to create transformative capabilities and have access to state-of-the- art research facilities as well as resources for training, education and outreach that will attract diverse talent to the field of genomics research.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $2,449,998 )
2024	2024	WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH	455 MAIN ST	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02142	MIDDLESEX	USA	Human Genome Research	002	8	8/28/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2024	WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH	455 MAIN ST	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02142	MIDDLESEX	USA	Human Genome Research	001	8	6/21/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,449,998
2024	2023	WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH	455 MAIN ST	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02142	MIDDLESEX	USA	Human Genome Research	000	7	11/13/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $2,449,998

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $2,500,000 )
2023	2023	WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH	455 MAIN ST	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02142	MIDDLESEX	USA	Human Genome Research	006	7	6/2/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,500,000
2023	2022	WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH	455 MAIN ST	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02142	MIDDLESEX	USA	Human Genome Research	003	6	1/17/2023	COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$925
2023	2022	WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH	455 MAIN ST	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02142	MIDDLESEX	USA	Human Genome Research	005	6	1/20/2023	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$925
2023	2022	WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH	455 MAIN ST	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02142	MIDDLESEX	USA	Human Genome Research	001	6	11/17/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$925
2023	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	1608 4TH ST STE 201	BERKELEY	CA	94710	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	000	5	11/17/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$925
2023	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	1608 4TH ST STE 201	BERKELEY	CA	94710	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	004	5	1/20/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$925
2023	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	1608 4TH ST STE 201	BERKELEY	CA	94710	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	002	5	1/17/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$925
														Subtotal = $2,500,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $2,500,000 )
2022	2022	WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH	455 MAIN ST	CAMBRIDGE	MA	02142	MIDDLESEX	USA	Human Genome Research	000	6	8/4/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,500,000
														Subtotal = $2,500,000

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $2,074,678 )
2021	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	1608 4TH ST STE 220	BERKELEY	CA	94710	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	000	5	6/16/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,074,678
														Subtotal = $2,074,678

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $2,093,914 )
2020	2020	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	1608 4TH ST STE 220	BERKELEY	CA	94710	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	001	4	6/1/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,074,678
2020	2020	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	1608 4TH ST STE 220	BERKELEY	CA	94710	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	002	4	8/21/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$18,616
2020	2020	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	1608 4TH ST STE 220	BERKELEY	CA	94710	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	003	4	8/31/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$620
2020	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	1608 4TH ST STE 220	BERKELEY	CA	94710	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	000	3	11/4/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $2,093,914

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $2,074,678 )
2019	2019	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	1608 4TH ST STE 220	BERKELEY	CA	94710	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	001	3	6/26/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,074,678
2019	2018	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	2150 SHATTUCK AVE RM 313	BERKELEY	CA	94704	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	000	2	1/16/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $2,074,678

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $2,074,678 )
2018	2018	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	2150 SHATTUCK AVE RM 313	BERKELEY	CA	94704	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	000	2	6/4/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$2,074,678
														Subtotal = $2,074,678

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $2,074,678 )
2017	2017	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE	2150 SHATTUCK AVE RM 313	BERKELEY	CA	94704	ALAMEDA	USA	Human Genome Research	000	1	8/8/2017	NEW	$2,074,678
														Subtotal = $2,074,678

Grand Total All Awards = $17,842,624

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Center for Genomic Editing and Recording: Development and Application of Next-Generation Genome and Epigenome Editing Methods to Advance the Study and Treatment of Human Disease

Award Number: RM1HG009490

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/08/2017

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2027

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