My name is Blue Mohr and I’m a 27-year-old living with Fanconi anemia (FA). I’m from Austin, Texas, though I am currently living in Washington, D.C. where I’m pursuing a Master of Public Health degree from the George Washington University with concentrations in epidemiology, cancer, and public health communication and marketing. 

There’s nothing quite like the fierce determination of parents who have a child affected by Fanconi anemia. Our founders had three daughters with FA and to this day, the majority of our funding comes from FA family communities. One such family community from Colorado has been working on this cause for nearly 20 years and has raised an outstanding $3.1 million for FA research.

In the Genome Stability Laboratory, we use cutting edge techniques to study the DNA damage response and inform the development of novel therapeutics. I am also a member of the PRECISE Laboratory (Proton research at The Christie and the University’s Division...

The Corn Lab Name: Jacob Corn Institution: Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Area of expertise: Genome editing, DNA repair mechanisms, genome-wide CRISPR screening, protein/organelle quality control My work:   I am the Professor of Genome Biology at ETH...