Lei Stanley Qi
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The native form of this personal name is Qi Lei. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Lei "Stanley" Qi (Chinese: 亓磊; pinyin: Qí Lěi) is an associate professor in the department of bioengineering, and the department of chemical and systems biology at Stanford University. Qi led the development of the first catalytically dead Cas9 lacking endonuclease activity (dCas9), which is the basis for CRISPR interference (CRISPRi). His laboratory subsequently developed CRISPR-Genome Organization (CRISPR-GO).
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Born | Qi Lei (亓磊) |
Nationality | Chinese |
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Known for | CRISPRi, dCas9,CRISPR imaging,CRISPR-GO |
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Fields | Genome engineering, Synthetic Biology |
Institutions | Stanford, Chemical and Systems Biology |
Academic advisors | Adam Arkin, Jennifer Doudna |
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Qi is a co-inventor of the University of California patent on the CRISPR gene-editing technology.