Books Sandwiched In Fall 2021 *ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED* In-Person
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Book: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson
A gripping account of how 2020 Nobel Prize winners Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier invented CRISPR, a revolutionary tool that can edit DNA – as well as the story of the many complex ethical questions that relate to the invention.
Reviewer: Mitch O'Connell, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for RNA Biology, UofR Medical Center. Dr. O’Connell is a research scientist who works on understanding how CRISPR-Cas systems function and can be used to treat genetic diseases. He previously worked for Jennifer Doudna.
- Date:
- Tuesday, November 9, 2021
- Time:
- 12:12pm - 12:52pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Central - Kate Gleason Auditorium
- Library:
- Central Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Book Talk/Review