Emmanuelle Charpentier

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biochemist geneticist human microbiologist molecular biologist university teacher

Emmanuelle Charpentier is a French microbiologist and geneticist best known as a co-developer of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing technology, for which she received numerous prestigious scientific awards.

Aliases (1)

Emmanuelle Charpentier (honorary doctorate, not student) ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biochemist → geneticist → human → microbiologist → molecular biologist → university teacher →
academicDegree	PhD in microbiology →
awardReceived	Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Canada Gairdner International Award → Gruber Genetics Prize → Japan Prize → Kavli Prize in Nanoscience → Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine → L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 → Otto Warburg Medal →
coDeveloperOf	CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing technology →
coInventorOf	CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing method →
collaboratedWith	Jennifer Doudna →
countryOfCitizenship	France →
dateOfBirth	1968-12-11 →
educatedAt	Institut Pasteur → Pierre and Marie Curie University →
employer	Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research → Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology → Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens → Umeå University → University of Vienna →
familyName	Charpentier →
fieldOfWork	biochemistry → genetics → microbiology → molecular biology →
givenName	Emmanuelle →
hasResearchInterest	CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity in bacteria → RNA biology → bacterial pathogenesis →
knownFor	CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology → CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing → research on CRISPR-Cas systems →
languageSpoken	English → French →
memberOf	European Molecular Biology Organization → German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina → Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences →
name	Emmanuelle Charpentier →
nationality	French →
notableStudentOrTrainee	researchers in CRISPR-Cas9 field →
notableWork	discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 as a programmable genome-editing tool →
placeOfBirth	France → Juvisy-sur-Orge NERFINISHED → Île-de-France →
positionHeld	director of the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens → scientific member of the Max Planck Society →
sexOrGender	female →
workLocation	Berlin → Germany → Sweden → Umeå NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jennifer Doudna →	coInventedWith
Uppsala University ("Emmanuelle Charpentier (honorary doctorate, not student)") →	hasNotableAlumnus
L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science →	hasNotableLaureate
Emmanuelle Charpentier →	name
Nobel Prize in Chemistry →	notableLaureate
Harvey Prize →	notableRecipient