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Jennifer Doudna

b. 1964

Jennifer Doudna (b. 1964) is a pioneering biochemist and Nobel laureate known for co-developing CRISPR-Cas9, a revolutionary gene-editing tool. Her work has transformed molecular biology, enabling precise DNA modifications with broad implications for medicine, agriculture, and ethics. She is a professor at UC Berkeley and a leading voice in discussions on the responsible use of genome editing.

Chemistry

A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (biography by Walter Isaacson, featuring her insights)
CRISPR-Cas9: A New Era in Genome Engineering (keynote talk at TED2015)
The Promise and Peril of Gene Editing (interview with The New York Times, 2020)
Doudna, J.A., & Charpentier, E. (2014). The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9. Science, 346(6213), 1258098.
Doudna, J.A. (2020). The ethics of human genome editing. Nature, 578(7794), 229-230.

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