Broad Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

William Studier receives the 2024 Merkin Prize in ceremony at the Broad Institute for developing technology used to produce millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines By Corie Lok October 16, 2024 Breadcrumb Home F. His T7 expression technology can be used to make large quantities of nearly any RNA or protein.

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Broad Institute

JANUARY 30, 2024

He has also emerged in recent years as a skilled and relatable science communicator, renowned for his efforts at Broad and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic to unpack the fast-moving research on the new virus in an accessible way and give practical advice about masking, vaccines, and other public health measures.

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Codon

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Molecular biology, as the field came to be called 3 , pushed biology from an object of study, driven forward by gentleman scientists and precocious country clergymen, into a tool with which to solve urgent problems. CRISPR gene-editing was invented in 2012 and applied to human embryos soon after.

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Codon

MARCH 12, 2023

The landmark paper enabled revolutions in insulin biomanufacturing, CAR-T therapies, and the bioproduction of most modern vaccines; in other words, much of what we take for granted today. I recently asked for recommendations of “classic” papers in molecular biology. coli genes into a piece of simian virus DNA.

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Codon

AUGUST 10, 2023

Journal of Molecular Biology (1961). Link (Golden Gate assembly) Other Basic Methods & Cloning →Basic Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology , by multiple authors. Link Molecular Cloning Techniques , by AddGene. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th Edition. PNAS (2012). PNAS (2013).

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