Nelson Lab – Assistant Professor BMEG

Trio of Honor’s College Grant Recipients

Congrats to Gabby Builliard, Ahmed Tolba, and Ian Popp on receiving funding to work on gene editing of muscle, transcriptional control in macrophages, and gene regulation in muscle!    

Harumi’s work is highlighted by PhRMA Foundation

  https://www.phrmafoundation.org/news-events/blog/qa-with-made-harumi-padmaswari-treating-muscle-diseases-with-lasting-therapeutic-genes/   More about the PhRMA Foundation Award:...

Shilpi Agrawal wins a Women’s Giving Circle Grant

Congrats to Shilpi for winning an award from the University of Arkansas Women's Giving Circle to create safer gene therapies for children with muscular dystrophy. And thank you to the Women's Giving Circle for your charitable support!

Mary featured on the University A+ Magazine Cover

Mary Jia’s research applying CRISPR-PRIME editing technology is featured on the University Honor’s College Magazine. Check it out!

CRISPR Summer Camp – 2021

Our lab hosted our annual summer camp virtually this year. We covered the basics of CRISPR and gene therapy. Follow along here: https://github.com/chrisnelsonlab/DIY-Genome-2021

Welcome to the Nelson Lab!

We are interested in applying genome engineering to correct genetic disease and improve tissue regeneration. Please email nelsonc@uark.edu for questions about available positions.

Support

The laboratory is currently supported by the NIH through NIBIB.

Previous support includes the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy