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Sam Sternberg

Biochemist

Samuel H. Sternberg, Ph.D., runs a research laboratory at Columbia University, where he is an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. He received his B.A. in Biochemistry from Columbia University in 2007, graduating summa cum laude, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 2014. He earned graduate student fellowships from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense, and received the Scaringe Award and the Harold Weintraub Graduate Student Award. Sternberg’s research focuses on the mechanism of DNA targeting by RNA-guided bacterial immune systems (CRISPR-Cas) and on the development of these systems for genome engineering. In addition to publishing his work in leading scientific journals, he recently co-authored a popular science trade book together with Jennifer Doudna, entitled A Crack in Creation: The Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution, about the discovery, development, and applications of CRISPR gene-editing technology.

Past Programs Featuring Sam Sternberg

Thursday, May 31, 2018 | 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Thursday, June 1, 2017 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

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