Doudna Named Foreign Member of UK’s Royal Society

Jennifer Doudna, biochemist faculty scientist in Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging, has been named a foreign member of the prestigious Royal Society. Doudna, who is also a professor of molecular and cell biology and of chemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, was honored for “her work on CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology that is revolutionizing the fields of genetics, molecular biology and medicine.” She is one of 10 new foreign fellows and 50 new fellows who will be joining many of the world’s most eminent scientists in this scientific academy, which is dedicated to promoting excellence in science. Read the Royal Society announcement.