CRISPR/Cas9 System

Abstract

The 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded for research on bacterial defense against viruses and plasmids, popularly known as CRISPR/Cas9 system. One half of the Prize has been awarded to Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens (Berlin, Germany), and the other half to Professor Jennifer A. Doudna of the University of California (Berkeley, USA). These two scientists have dedicated their research to understanding the molecular mechanisms of CRISPR/Cas9 function in bacteria and for facilitating their use as genome editing tools in animals and plants.