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Göran Gustafsson Prize for Emmanuelle Charpentier

charpentier emmanuelleEmmanuelle Charpentier receives Göran Gustafsson Prize for Molecular Biology 2014

Emmanuelle Charpentier, group leader at MIMS, is one of the five recipients of the Göran Gustafsson's prize 2014. She is being awarded the prize in Molecular Biology for her important discoveries of the mechanisms that control bacterial immunity. The discoveries have led to the development of a molecular tool for the modification of genes. The prize consists of 4.5 Million SEK in research funding and a 225.000 SEK personal award.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences  press information, published on Monday 31 March 2014 (in Swedish)

Webpage of Emmanuelle Charpentier's research group

Emmanuelle Charpentier took the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Emmanuelle has been awarded jointly with Jennifer Doudna the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the groundbreaking CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology. She is a former group leader at MIMS, honorary doctor at Umeå University and former visiting professor at UCMR.

Movie by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (https://kaw.wallenberg.org/)

Battling antibiotic resistance

movie by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, with participation of scientists from MIMS and UCMR:
Or watch the original movie on:
https://kaw.wallenberg.org/

Research about infectious diseases:

Oliver Billker in movie of Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation:
Or watch the original movie on:
https://kaw.wallenberg.org/

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