is director of the in Berlin, Germany, and the head of the Department of Regulation in Infection Biology at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research. Her work led to her co-discovery of the gene editing tool CRISPR Cas9, which she explains here.
What is the CRISPR gene-editing method?
CRISPR Cas9 is a mechanism that bacteria have evolved to defend themselves against viruses. It has now been harnessed to edit genomes in a large variety of cells and organisms. It can also be used to modify gene expression, and to study epigenetic marks…
