Chemistry

Interview

Interview, February 2021 Jennifer Doudna with a model of CRISPR-Cas9. Photo: UC Berkeley photo by Stephen McNally “Embrace your interests, your passions, and really give it your all!” Nobelprize.org spoke to biochemist Jennifer Doudna on the International day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February 2021. Her collaboration with fellow laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier and…

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Interview

Interview, December 2022 Interview with the 2020 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry, Emmanuelle Charpentier, recorded in Stockholm on 12 December 2022. Emmanuelle Charpentier answers the following questions (the links below lead to clip on YouTube): – Where does you passion for science come from – Why were you drawn to biology? – Was there a…

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Prize announcement

https://www.youtube.com/embed/1CSYHLTPVzg Announcement of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 7 October 2020. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VO1WW6yVC8w “This has revolutionised the molecular life sciences.” Immediately after the announcement, Professor Claes Gustafsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee, was interviewed by freelance journalist Joanna Rose regarding…

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Popular information

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 for discovering one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Researchers can use these to change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This technology has revolutionised the molecular life…

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Press release

Swedish 7 oktober 2020 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i kemi 2020 till Emmanuelle Charpentier Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Tyskland Jennifer A. Doudna University of California, Berkeley, USA ”för utveckling av en metod för genomeditering”   Gensaxen: ett redskap för att förändra livets kod Emmanuelle Charpentier och Jennifer A. Doudna har…

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