The Wermeling lab YouTube channel –> link
Author: fredrikwermeling
Breaking Cas!
Seems like a great resource! The software can be found here , and the publication can be found here.
Can be used in several ways, but seems very useful to identify potential off target activity of a gRNA:
- choose organism
- input the gRNA followed by PAM (e.g. 20+3 bp) in FASTA format, e.g.:
>test
gctagctgagctgagcttgacgg (cgg=PAM in this case)
- select nuclease
- press submit
You can also input a longer sequence and Breaking Cas will suggest different gRNAs to target the region.
We’ve contributed to an interesting study regarding FNDC4, macrophages and colitis (Bosma et al, Nat Commun)!
“FNDC4 acts as an anti-inflammatory factor on macrophages and improves colitis in mice”
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160412/ncomms11314/full/ncomms11314.html
Life made up by 473 genes in 531 kb
Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome.
Hutchison CA 3rd, Chuang RY, Noskov VN, Assad-Garcia N, Deerinck TJ, Ellisman MH, Gill J, Kannan K, Karas BJ, Ma L, Pelletier JF, Qi ZQ, Richter RA, Strychalski EA, Sun L, Suzuki Y, Tsvetanova B, Wise KS, Smith HO, Glass JI, Merryman C, Gibson DG, Venter JC.
Science. 2016 Mar 25;351(6280):aad6253. doi: 10.1126/science.aad6253.
- PMID: 27013737
Publication in Dagens Nyheter regarding CRISPR (in Swedish)
“CRISPR everywhere” – Nature special issue on CRISPR (2016-03-09 )
CRISPR everywhere
A special issue explores what it means to be living in an age of gene editing.

Illustration by Chris Labrooy
The Wermeling lab is happy to receive a research grant from the Swedish Rheumatism Association (Reumatikerförbundet)!
“The Swedish Rheumatism Association [Svenska Reumatikerförbundet] is a non-profit organisation working for people with rheumatic disorders.” link
Interesting piece on how to run a (legendary) lab
Updated version of the useful Drug Gene Interaction Database
The Wermeling lab is happy to receive a grant from the Åke Wiberg Foundation!
“Stiftelsen skapades 1953 genom en donation av dåvarande överintendenten Åke Wiberg. Den har under sin existens gett anslag till vetenskaplig forskning och till vård och utbildning av barn och ungdom. Av hävd har Stiftelsen framför allt stött medicinsk forskning men även forskning inom humaniora och samhällsvetenskap.” link
