{"title": "CRISPR-Cas: Präzision in der Evolution", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology/genetics"], "description": "A lecture about CRISPR-Cas, the so-called genetic scissors that allow DNA to be modified in a targeted way. The molecular tool has led biology into a new era of targeted gene editing. The talk explains how it works and how it is changing processes in medicine, agriculture and research. 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