Last Updated: 07 Feb, 2023 | Views: 384
Age: 59
Profession: Scientist
Other Profession(s): Biochemist, Educator, Researcher
Famous For: Invention of Crispr Gene Editing
Higher Education: Pomona College (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD)
About (Profile/Biography):
Jennifer A. Doudna is a well-known Biochemist and biophysicist Jennifer, was born in New York City. Doudna is renowned for her groundbreaking work in the area of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology. She is an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a Professor of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Jennifer A. Doudna Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Molecular Biology, summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1984
Doctor of Medicine (MD), Harvard Medical School, 1989
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biology, Harvard University, 1989
Jennifer A. Doudna Career:
1989–1992: University of Colorado Postdoctoral Fellow
1992–1997: Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado's Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
From 1997 to 2002: Professor at the University of Colorado's Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Professor in the University of California, Berkeley's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology since 2002
Since 2002, a researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Jennifer A. Doudna Invention/ Contributions:
Bacterial RNA-guided endonuclease mechanism discovered (CRISPR-Cas9)
Creation of the CRISPR-Cas9 system as a gene-editing tool
Numerous investigations into the workings of CRISPR-Cas9 and its uses
Numerous articles and patents have been issued in the area of gene editing technology.
Jennifer A. Doudna Awards and Honors:
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, 2015
Japan Prize, 2016
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience, 2016
Jennifer Doudna Nobel prize: In 2020, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier shared the Chemistry Nobel Prize for creating the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique.
