Jennifer Doudna
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Jennifer Doudna American biochemist who co-developed CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology — a breakthrough that allows scientists to edit DNA with unprecedented precision. The technology has transformative applications in medicine, agriculture, and disease treatment. She and Emmanuelle Charpentier shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Jennifer Anne Doudna is an American biochemist who has pioneered work in CRISPR gene editing, and made other fundamental contributions in biochemistry and genetics. She received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, with Emmanuelle Charpentier, "for the development of a method for genome editing." She is the Li Ka Shing Chancellor's Chair Professor in the department of chemistry and the department of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She has been an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 1997.
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