Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna is Professor of Chemistry and of Molecular and Cell Biology at
Pub Date: 14 June 2018 ISBN: 9781784702762 / 1784702765 Price: £9.99
Subject: Popular Science, Impact Of Science & Technology On Society, Ethical Issues: Scientific & Technological Developments, Ethical Issues & Debates, Genetic Engineering, Genetics (Non-Medical), Biology, Life Sciences Format: 198mm x 129mm Binding: Paperback Extent: 304 pages Pub History: First published in hardback by Bodley Head in 2017 9781847923813 Territory: Exclusive Eng Lang UK,CW; ROW open mkt excluding US,CA (with restrictions) Publicist: Ceri Maxwell Bar Code: 9781784702762 BIC Code: PDZ, PDR, JFMG, JFM, TCBG, PSAK, PS Web Address: www.penguin.co.uk
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University of California, Berkeley, and co-inventor of the CRISPR technology, for which she has been awarded many of the most distinguished prizes available, including the 2015 $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences and the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. That same year she was listed among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time. In 2016 she had the rare honour of being elected a foreign member of the Royal Society. She speaks around the world about CRISPR and its implications for our future.
Samuel Sternberg
Samuel Sternberg received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2014, and was a member of Jennifer Doudna’s laboratory from 2010 to 2015. He is a biochemist and author of numerous high-profile scientific publications on the CRISPR technology.