{"id":6631,"date":"2025-12-09T12:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=6631"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:40:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:40:31","slug":"10th-annual-oliver-smithies-nobel-symposium-featuring-dr-jennifer-doudna","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/event\/10th-annual-oliver-smithies-nobel-symposium-featuring-dr-jennifer-doudna\/","title":{"rendered":"10th Annual Oliver Smithies Nobel Symposium Featuring Dr. Jennifer Doudna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>10th Annual UNC Oliver Smithies Nobel Symposium<\/strong>\u00a0is excited to feature <strong>Dr. Jennifer Doudna, the 2020 Nobel laureate in Chemistry<\/strong>, as this year&#8217;s distinguished speaker. Dr. Doudna is renowned for her groundbreaking work in characterizing and developing the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, a revolutionary technology transforming fields ranging from agriculture to medicine. She is currently a Distinguished HHMI Investigator at UC Berkeley, a director at the Innovative Genomics Institute, and a co-founder of Mammoth Biosciences, which develops CRISPR-based diagnostics and therapeutics.<\/p>\n<p>The Oliver Smithies Nobel Laureate Symposium is an annual event which invites prominent Nobel Laureates to share their stories, groundbreaking work, and highlight the experiences and driving forces that led to their success.\u00a0This year, Dr. Doudna will present her talk titled <strong>&#8220;CRISPR-powered gene editing for human and planet health.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This event is free and open to the public!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Event Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0March 26th, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:00 PM &#8211; 4:30 PM (Doors will open at 2:30 pm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0UNC Medical Biomolecular Research Building (MBRB), Room 2204<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a unique opportunity to hear from one of the leading scientists of our time and learn about cutting-edge research that is shaping the future of healthcare and beyond. Join us for an inspiring lecture with Dr. Doudna as she shares her remarkable journey to the Nobel Prize! There will be a meet-and-greet to follow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This event is proudly supported by: UNC School of Medicine, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, The American Society of Gene + Cell Therapy, UNC Chapel Hill\u2019s Chapter of Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Honor Society, BioSTAR, Retired Faculty and Professionals Association, Carolina Seminars, and UNC Department of Chemistry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/580\/2025\/12\/School_of_Medicine_CarolinaBlue_Navy_rgb_h-300x74.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/580\/2025\/12\/School_of_Medicine_CarolinaBlue_Navy_rgb_h-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/580\/2025\/12\/School_of_Medicine_CarolinaBlue_Navy_rgb_h-600x147.png 600w, 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Dr. Doudna is renowned for her groundbreaking work in characterizing and developing the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system, a revolutionary technology transforming fields ranging from agriculture to medicine. She is currently &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/event\/10th-annual-oliver-smithies-nobel-symposium-featuring-dr-jennifer-doudna\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 10th Annual Oliver Smithies Nobel Symposium Featuring Dr. Jennifer Doudna\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68915,"featured_media":6745,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"research-field":[],"class_list":["post-6631","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68915"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6743,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/6631\/revisions\/6743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6631"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=6631"},{"taxonomy":"research-field","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-field?post=6631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}