Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, a faculty scientist in the Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging (MBIB) Division, founder of the Innovative Genomics Institute, and a professor at UC Berkeley, has received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement. Doudna, who is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, was honored for her work developing the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology.