Join us for a special evening with Prof. Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 2020, who will deliver a keynote lecture (details see below).
Program:
- Premiere of Erbsenrondo - A Musical Portrait of the GMI (string quartet composed by Cheryl Frances-Hoad)
- Keynote: Prof. Jennifer Doudna (Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Innovative Genomics Institute University of California Berkeley & UCSF/Gladstone Institutes)
Genome Editing the Future: Transforming Human and Planet Health with CRISPR Fundamental research to understand how bacteria fight viral infections uncovered the function of CRISPR-Cas programmable proteins that detect and cut specific DNA or RNA sequences. CRISPR technology is now an indispensable tool in human, animal and agricultural research. Furthermore, the FDA’s approval of a CRISPR therapy for sickle cell disease marked the beginning of a new era in healthcare. Doudna will discuss the scientific and societal advances that will expand both the applications and impact of genome editing across the globe.