Jennifer Doudna
Biochemist Faculty Scientist
Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Principal Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Building: 2151 Berkeley Way, Room 512G
Phone: (510) 643-0113
JDoudna@lbl.gov
http://rna.berkeley.edu
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Research Interests
Molecular and Cell Biology and Chemistry
Recent Publications
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How Berkeley Lab is Leading the Biology-Based Industrial Revolution
Biosciences Area researchers are playing a key role in shaping the future of biomanufacturing.
Doudna Awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation
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.
How to Edit the Genes of Nature’s Master Manipulators
A team led by CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna and her longtime collaborator Jill Banfield has developed a clever tool to edit the genomes of bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages using a rare form of CRISPR. The ability to easily engineer custom-designed phages—which has long eluded the research community—could help researchers control microbiomes without antibiotics or harsh chemicals, and treat dangerous drug-resistant infections. A paper describing the work was recently published in Nature Microbiology.
