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SUMMARY:David James Seminar: Dr Feng Zhang - Exploration of Biological Div
 ersity - Zhang\,  MIT
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DESCRIPTION:David James Talk: Dr Feng Zhang\n\nExploration of Biological D
 iversity\n\nBiography\n\nDr. Zhang is a molecular biologist focused on imp
 roving human health. He played an integral role in the development of two 
 revolutionary technologies\, optogenetics and CRISPR-Cas systems\, includi
 ng pioneering the use of Cas9 for genome editing and discovering CRISPR-Ca
 s12 and Cas13 systems and developing them for therapeutic and diagnostic a
 pplications. Current research in the Zhang laboratory is centered on the d
 iscovery of novel biological systems and processes\, uncovering their mech
 anisms\, and developing them into molecular tools and therapies to study a
 nd treat human disease. Zhang is a core member of the Broad Institute\, an
  Investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research\, the James and
  Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience at MIT\, and a Howard Hughes M
 edical Investigator. He is also a member of the National Academy of Scienc
 es\, the National Academy of Medicine\, and the American Academy of Arts a
 nd Sciences as well as a fellow in the National Academy of Inventors.
LOCATION:Seminar Room (Level 2)\, Dept of Pharmacology 
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