Faculty biochemist Jennifer Doudna and Biosciences Area Associate Laboratory Director Jay Keasling attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, to bring their unique perspectives to world leaders. Both researchers were named to Al Aribya’s “45 top scientists at Davos you should know about” list.
The Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) held a public session at Emery Station
The Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) held a public session on Tuesday, January 26 at the Biosciences Area’s Emery Station Operations Center (ESOC). Berkeley Lab’s Director Paul Alivisatos gave a Lab overview. Jennifer Doudna was invited by SEAB to give a briefing of CRISPR-Cas and Ilan Gur led a roundtable discussion on the activities of … Read more »
Could Revolutionary Gene-Editing Technology End Cancer?
Jennifer Doudna, faculty biochemist in Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging, and her work on the CRISPR/Cas 9 gene editing system, have been highlighted recently in both The New Yorker Magazine and on CBS This Morning. The coverage discusses the benefits and perils of this technology, which is the topic of an international meeting being held currently at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.
It Takes a Thief: Discovering How Bacteria Capture Genetic Info
Jennifer Doudna and James Nunez led a study at the Advanced Light Source that revealed the structural basis by which bacteria are able to capture genetic information from viruses and other foreign invaders for their own immunological system. This discovery holds promise for studying or correcting problems in human genomes.
Doudna Wins L’Oreal-UNESCO Prize for Women Scientists
Jennifer Doudna, a biochemist in the Lab’s Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division and the inventor of a revolutionary gene-editing tool, was named one of five laureates of the 2016 L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Awards in the field of life sciences.
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