Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPR | WIRED

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Published 2017-05-24

CRISPR is a new area of biomedical science that enables gene editing and could be the key to eventually curing diseases like autism or cancer. WIRED has challenged biologist Neville Sanjana to explain this concept to 5 different people; a 7 year-old, a 14 year-old, a college student, a grad student and a CRISPR expert.

Find out more about Neville's work at:

www.sanjanalab.org/

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Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPR | WIRED

All Comments (21)

@Arrowo 4 years ago

Level 1 : what you learn Level 5 : what you get on a test
@captainwafflez3630 4 years ago

Level 1: Explaining Level 2: Deeper Explaining Level 3: Conversation Level 4: Discussion Level 5: Interview
@gummyjellyfishy9430 4 years ago

"i'm allergic to penicillin and azithromycin" - round of applause for the parents
@andee6245 4 years ago

Level 2: my knowledge before a test Level 5: what my classmates are discussing before a test
@thisguy8943 7 years ago

Notice how the video shifts from explaining crispr to debating crispr.
@rustydynamo1088 4 years ago

Poor dude, as soon as he gets to lvl 4 and 5, he doesn't even get to talk anymore.
@JET7C0 4 years ago

2:44 I love how she just drops the P53 protein knowledge out there all the sudden. Definitely subverted the expectations of a lot of viewers there I bet.
@trashfourlife 4 years ago

7:17 Level 5 Me: hol up....... theres a little under 10 mins left there
@frann8552 4 years ago

People: i just don’t think people should be able to use it for cosmetic purposes Scientists: bold of you to assume we know how to do that.
@enderninja319 7 years ago

Level 1: who Level 2: whom Level 3: whomst Level 4: whomst'd Level 5: whomst'd've
@m.g_0109 1 year ago

Exactly how my biology degree is going, the more you learn the more it goes into ethics
@cai3763 4 years ago

Child: im allergic to penicillin Expert: i love jurassic park oH mY-
@30for30Freestyle 4 years ago

kid: “I’m allergic to penicillin and azithromycin” me: is wondering how i skipped all the way to the grad student
@mark7384 6 years ago

Level 1: Explaining basics Level 2: Asking questions Level 3: Explaining technical level Level 4: Agreeing about everything Expert Level: CRISPR's actually kinda shitty tbh let's talk about Jurassic Park instead homie
@carter-dq1uo 4 years ago

Level 1: he teaches Level 2: he teaches a little bit deeper Level 3: he has a basic conversation, but he knows a little more Level 4: they both know about the same and have a back and forth discussion Level 5: he gets taught by the interviewee
@Skyjy10 4 years ago

How an oversea student feels about this video clip: Level 1: English Beginners Level 2: English course textbooks Level 3: What IELTS/TOEFL will test on Level 4: Daily conversation Level 5: University Lectures
@iwillbustyou 4 years ago

"If you can't explain a subject simply, then you don't know it well enough" - Einstein
@Ascii89 4 years ago

To kid: have you heard of CRISPR? Do you know what the genome is? To expert: can we have Jurassic Park?
@nder767 4 years ago

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" -Albert Einstein
@viepng 4 years ago

The teen is definitely in ap bio, sis knew what the p53 gene was lmao