| RefNo | EC/2024/75 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Charpentier, Emmanuelle: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 21 April 2024 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Emmanuelle Charpentier as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Foreign Member, citation giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Emmanuelle Charpentier is a microbiologist, geneticist and biochemist. She is a leading expert in the regulatory mechanisms underlying infection and immunity processes in pathogenic bacteria. She has devoted most of her career to the study of gram-positive bacteria that are pathogenic to humans. This résumé of research achievements focuses solely on her contribution to the field of CRISPR-Cas research and the harnessing of the CRISPR-Cas9 system for the development of a powerful genetic technology. For this contribution, Charpentier has received a number of awards and accolades, including the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers and date certificate was first submitted for candidacy are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |