Position
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology
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428 Moffett Laboratory
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Education
- A.B. Molecular Biology, Princeton University
- Ph.D. Systems Biology, Harvard University
Bio/Description
Honors and Awards
- STAT Magazine Wunderkind Award, 2020
- Forbes 30 Under 30, Healthcare category, 2019
- ASTMH Robert E. Shope, MD, Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, 2018
- Broad Institute Shark Tank Program, 2017
Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology
- Associated Faculty, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research Interests
The Myhrvold lab is developing CRISPR-based technologies to study viral and host RNA. For more information about our research, see https://myhrvoldlab.com/research.
Selected Publications
- Welch, NL, Zhu, M, Hua, C, Weller, J, Essaty Mirhashemi, M, Mantena, TG, et al. Multiplexed CRISPR-based microfluidic platform for clinical testing of respiratory viruses and identification of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Nature Medicine. 2022;28;1083-1094.
- Myhrvold, C. Detecting Viruses with CRISPR. TED, November, 2020.
- Arizti-Sanz J, Bradley, A, Zhang, Y, Boehm, CK, Freije, CA, et al. Simplified Cas13-based assays for the fast identification of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2022;6;932-943.
- Metsky, HC, Welch, NL, Pillai PP, Haradhvala, NJ, Rumker, L, et al. Designing sensitive viral diagnostics with machine learning. Nature Biotechnology. 2022:40;1123-1131.
- Arizti-Sanz J, Freije CA, Stanton AC, Boehm CK, Petros BA, et al. Streamlined inactivation, amplification, and Cas13-based detection of SARS-CoV-2. Nature Communications. 2020;11(5921);5921.
- Ackerman CM, Myhrvold C, Gowtham Thakku S, Freije CA, Metsky, HC, et al. Massively multiplexed nucleic acid detection with Cas13. Nature. 2020;582(7811):277-282.
- Freije CA, Myhrvold C, Boehm CK, Lin AE, Welch NL, et al. Programmable Inhibition and Detection of RNA Viruses Using Cas13. Mol Cell. 2019;76(5):826-837.e11.
- Myhrvold C, Freije CA, Gootenberg JS, Abudayyeh OO, Metsky HC, et al. Field-deployable viral diagnostics using CRISPR-Cas13. Science. 2018;360(6387):444-448.
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