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Emmanuelle Charpentier

11 December 1968 – present

Emmanuelle Charpentier is a French microbiologist and biochemist whose work on the bacterial immune system CRISPR-Cas9 led to a programmable method of editing DNA. With Jennifer Doudna she published the key 2012 paper describing the technique. She directs the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin and shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France
11 December 1968
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Studied biochemistry and microbiology in Paris
c. 1986 – c. 1992

Attended the Pierre and Marie Curie University, now part of Sorbonne University.

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Completed doctoral research at the Institut Pasteur
1995

Her PhD examined the molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance.

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Moved to the United States for postdoctoral research
1996 – c. 2002

Worked at Rockefeller University, New York University and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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Joined Umea University in Sweden
2009

Became a visiting professor at the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden.

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Published the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing paper with Jennifer Doudna
June 2012

The paper in Science showed that Cas9 could be directed by a single guide RNA to cut DNA at chosen sites.

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Appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin
2015

Took charge of the department of regulation in infection biology.

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Became founding director of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens
2018

An independent research unit established for her in Berlin.

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jennifer Doudna
7 October 2020

Recognised for the development of a method for genome editing.

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