UC Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

University of California, Berkeley, biochemist Jennifer Doudna today won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, sharing it with colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier for the co-development of CRISPR-Cas9, a genome editing breakthrough that has revolutionized biomedicine.

Vance honored with Cancer Research Institute Award

Russell Vance, Molecular and Cell Biology professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis has been awarded the Cancer Research Institute’s 2020 William B. Cley Award for his research and discoveries in immunology.

Paul Alivisatos named 2021 Priestley Medalist

Paul Alivisatos, Samsung Distinguished Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and UC Berkeley professor of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering, has been awarded the 2021 Priestley Medal.

Doudna receives 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship

Jennifer Doudna, a professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology and the Executive Director of the Innovative Genomics Institute, has been awarded a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship.