{"id":22132,"date":"2020-10-27T08:24:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T15:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=22132"},"modified":"2023-08-05T09:49:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T16:49:58","slug":"women-in-stem-emmanuelle-charpentier-and-jennifer-a-doudna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/women-in-stem-emmanuelle-charpentier-and-jennifer-a-doudna\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in STEM: Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_69_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69de552571015\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #206be5;color:#206be5\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #206be5;color:#206be5\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69de552571015\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/women-in-stem-emmanuelle-charpentier-and-jennifer-a-doudna\/#Women_in_STEM_Emmanuelle_Charpentier_and_Jennifer_A_Doudna\" title=\"Women in STEM: Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna\">Women in STEM: Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/women-in-stem-emmanuelle-charpentier-and-jennifer-a-doudna\/#Emmanuelle_Charpentier\" title=\"Emmanuelle Charpentier\">Emmanuelle Charpentier<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/women-in-stem-emmanuelle-charpentier-and-jennifer-a-doudna\/#Jennifer_A_Doudna\" title=\"Jennifer A. Doudna\">Jennifer A. Doudna<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/women-in-stem-emmanuelle-charpentier-and-jennifer-a-doudna\/#CRISPR_Cas9\" title=\"CRISPR + Cas9\">CRISPR + Cas9<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/women-in-stem-emmanuelle-charpentier-and-jennifer-a-doudna\/#Genetic_Scissors\" title=\"Genetic Scissors\">Genetic Scissors<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Women_in_STEM_Emmanuelle_Charpentier_and_Jennifer_A_Doudna\"><\/span>Women in STEM: Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna<br><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 7, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna had won the 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/\">Nobel Prize<\/a> in Chemistry for making significant advances in genome editing.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using <em>genetic scissors<\/em> called the CRISPR\/Cas9, they discovered a revolutionary way to change the DNA of animals, plants, and micro-organisms, which makes them a fantastic choice to be featured in our Women in STEM series for the month of October.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G\u00f6ran K. Hansson of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the academy that awards the Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry, went so far as to say that what Emmanuelle and Jennifer accomplished in winning this year&#8217;s prize was about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/10\/07\/health\/nobel-prize-2020-winner-chemistry-scn-intl\/index.html\">&#8220;rewriting the code of life.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/drawings\/u\/0\/d\/sCZaDwi0uzZDlF1ESZ5Eisg\/image?w=584&amp;h=75&amp;rev=1&amp;ac=1&amp;parent=1LYNnusAevJGbNV41zOql1Hjlrt57lGFQ9DvDkxq64bQ\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Emmanuelle_Charpentier\"><\/span><strong>Emmanuelle Charpentier<\/strong><br><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emmanuelle-charpentier\/\">Emmanuelle<\/a> is a French microbiologist and Founding, Scientific and Managing Director of Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens. She earned a PhD in Microbiology from the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jennifer_A_Doudna\"><\/span><strong>Jennifer A. Doudna<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vcresearch.berkeley.edu\/faculty\/jennifer-doudna\">Jennifer<\/a> is an American biochemist and Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a PhD from Harvard Medical School in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CRISPR_Cas9\"><\/span><strong>CRISPR + Cas9<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CRISPR is a bacterial immune system that prevents viral infection. One component of this immune system is a protein called Cas9, which can be programmed to find and cut virus DNA. According to Jennifer, this tool can \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/pharmaceuticals-and-medical-products\/our-insights\/programming-life-an-interview-with-jennifer-doudna#\">rewrite genes<\/a> in a way that gives us control over cells and organisms, with remarkable outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Genetic_Scissors\"><\/span><strong>Genetic Scissors<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Forming a partnership in 2012 to combine Emmanuel\u2019s study of harmful bacteria with Jennifer\u2019s experience in viruses, they found they could use the CRISPR\/Cas9 to cut DNA molecules at predetermined sites, taking enzymes from bacteria that control microbial immunity and using them for genome editing.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The precision with which this tool can modify genes in cells is groundbreaking, already helping to find new cancer therapies that could lead to one day curing inherited diseases. 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