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"It feels a bit like a 'one small step for (hu)mans, one giant leap for (hu)mankind' moment," Jennifer Doudna, a biochemist who helped discover the gene-editing method used, called CRISPR-Cas9, said in an email.

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Chemistry professor Evan Williams and his co-investigators are the recipients of the NeuroNex Innovation Award for research on Chemical and Genetic Methods to Measure and Manipulate Neurons with Light.Read more about Evan Miller receives NeuroNex Innovation Award

Peidong Yang and fellow scientists discover unique thermoelectric properties in cesium tin iodide.Read more about A semiconductor that can beat the heat

The University of California, along with the University of Vienna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, yesterday filed its opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal...Read more about UC files appeal to revive CRISPR patent interference

The paper, which will be published online July 20 in Science by Jennifer Doudna and her research group, used electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography, performed at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and the HHMI...Read more about Researchers discover how CRISPR proteins find their target

Jennifer Doudna faces an uncommon challenge for a scientist at the top of her form and the forefront of her field: While she watches her work produce "breathtaking" advances in the understanding of human biology,...Read more about CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna struggles with the ethical implications of what she has wrought

Emanuel "Manny" Druga has been named the July 2017 recipient of the Chemistry Achievement Prize (CAP). Manny has been working at the College of Chemistry R&D shops as an electrician for the last 15 years. He...Read more about Emanuel Druga is the July 2017 recipient of the Chemistry Achievement Prize.

Check out the latest issue of Catalyst Magazine, featuring Omar Yaghi, David Graves, and much more! Read online with ISSUU or download a PDF...Read more about Catalyst Magazine Issue 12.1

With one eye on potential bioterrorism threats, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency today announced $65 million in funding to seven projects around the...Read more about Defense department pours million into making CRISPR safer

John Hartwig, and post-doc Konstantin Troshin came up with a quick and easy way to trial and analyze those interactions using an Excel spreadsheet and equipment most chemists already have in their labs. He calls it...Read more about Here's A New Way To Discover Chemical Reactions