{"id":84366,"date":"2018-09-10T15:13:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T01:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=84366"},"modified":"2019-04-05T15:29:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T01:29:21","slug":"tseng-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/10\/tseng-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Genome editing pioneer opens 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo lecture series"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Jennifer Doudna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jennifer Doudna, a pioneer in genome editing, will open the Rose and Raymond Tseng Distinguished Lecture Series on September 17 in the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo\u2019s Performing Arts Center<\/a>. This event is open to the public.<\/p>\n

Doudna is an internationally renowned professor of chemistry and molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Doudna and her colleagues developed CRISPR<\/abbr> (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats)-Cas9, a genome editing technology that enables scientists to edit the DNA<\/abbr> of any organism on an unprecedented scale for a minimal cost. She will discuss her work at her talk, “CRISPR<\/abbr> Systems: Nature\u2019s Toolkit for Genome Editing.”<\/p>\n

This breakthrough technology has redefined the possibilities for human and non-human applications of gene editing. It has opened up and accelerated the development of new genetic surgeries to cure disease, and provided novel ways to care for the environment and nutritious foods for a growing global population that is challenged by climate change.<\/p>\n

As the public considers ethical questions surrounding the use of the CRISPR<\/abbr>-Cas9 technology, Doudna has been at the forefront of the global debate on its use. She is the co-author of A Crack in Creation<\/em>, which details the discovery of CRISPR<\/abbr>-Cas9 and warns of the enormous responsibility that comes with the ability to rewrite the genetic code of life and possibly control evolution.<\/p>\n

Rose and Raymond Tseng Distinguished Lecture Series<\/h2>\n

The Rose and Raymond Tseng Distinguished Lecture is an initiative supported by an endowed fund started by 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo Chancellor Emerita Rose Tseng<\/strong>. The lecture series is intended to continue Hawaiʻi<\/span>\u2019s dialogue with the rest of the world in areas including local entrepreneurship, international women\u2019s leadership, global technology, the integration of science and culture, and indigenous language\/cultural issues.<\/p>\n

For more information read the full news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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