报告中，Dr. Mike McGrew从禽类研究设施的功能架构、家禽冷冻保存与基因改造的技术瓶颈、胚胎生殖细胞在基因组编辑中的应用以及鸡生殖细胞的分离培养等方面，系统阐述了家禽基因编辑和生殖细胞研究的最新进展，报告结束后，Dr. Mike McGrew 与在场参加会议的专家学者和研究生进行了学术的深入交流和讨论，现场氛围高涨，极大地调动了参会学者的学术研究积极性，并有力地促进了对学科前沿问题的深入思考。
Dr. Mike McGrew教授作报告
Dr. Mike McGrew is a professor at the Roslin Institute,part of the Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Dr. McGrew first earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul) followed by a PhD in Biochemistry from Boston University Medical School. He carried out postdoctoral training at the IBDM,Marseille France and at the Roslin Institute, Scotland and was awarded a Chair in Avian Reproductive Technologies at the University of Edinburgh in 2021.
The McGrew laboratory at the Roslin Institute studies a special stem cell, the germ cell, which produces the sperm and eggs. These cells can be used to generate genome edited chickens, chicken which contain precise genetic changes in their genome. They use this system to investigate susceptibility to avian influenza infection, sex skewing of chicken, and novel ways to preserve both chicken breeds and avian wildlife.
His research has been cited widely in several popular science books,(Tamed,Alice Roberts; How to Clone a Mammoth (Beth Shapiro), and Bring back the King (Helen Pritcher).
