Rodolphe Barrangou is the

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Distinguished Professor in

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Research in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at

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and

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of CRISPR Biotechnologies;

and Chief Scientific Officer of Ancilia Biosciences;

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and Chief Scientific Officer of TreeCo; and

and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Intellia Therapeutics. His research focuses on CRISPR-Cas9 in bacteria. In 2017, Barrangou was named Editor-in-Chief of The CRISPR Journal, a peer-reviewed journal covering the field of

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and

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research, which debuted in February 2018. He was elected as a member into the

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in 2018. He was also elected into the

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in 2019 for the discovery of CRISPR-Cas genome editing and engineering microbes, plants, and animals for food and other applications.

Background

Dr Barrangou's research has been funded by the

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, and institutional grants.Barrangou CV
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, and R&D Director of Genomics at DuPont. In 2007, Barrangou was the first author on a paper published in ''Science'' providing experimental proof for the immune function of CRISPR. He has worked with

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on Cas9 guided RNA characterization. He has been awarded 17 patents as of 2016.

Education

* B.S. (1996)

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* M.S. (2000)

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in Biological Engineering * M.S. (2000)

in Food Science * Ph.D. (2004) North Carolina State University in Functional Genomics * Executive MBA (2011)

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Awards

* 2018 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences * 2017 NAS Award in Molecular Biology * 2016

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* 2016 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize * 2015 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher (I-2878-2014) * 2015 NC State University Faculty Scholar * 2014 NC State Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award recipient * 2014 Inducted into Phi Tau Sigma, the Honor Society for Food Science * 2011 NC State Food Science Outstanding Young Alumni award recipient * 2008 Danisco Innovation Award Recipient * 2003 National Science Foundation IGERT Fellow

References

External links

CRISPR Lab
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