Jennifer Doudna and her colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier were recognized for their work on a tool that allows scientists to rewrite DNA sequences.
A Pomona College alumna won the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work developing a genome-editing method, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday, Oct.7. Doudna, a professor and researcher at UC Berkeley, is the first Pomona College graduate to receive a Nobel Prize, the college said Wednesday. “Jennifer Doudna’s revolutionary research in gene editing and her thoughtful consideration of its implications hold the potential to change the lives of countless people around the globe,” Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr said in a news release Wednesday. “We are so proud that she received her undergraduate education at Pomona College and that she continues to engage in the life of our community,” Starr continued. “Her sense of discovery, her commitment to rigorous work and her willingness to reflect on its meaning embody some of the highest values of the college.
