In October 2020, she was awarded, along with Emmanuelle Charpentier, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a landmark paper in 2012 that described how to use an enzyme found in bacteria, nicknamed CRISPR, in this case CAS9, to edit genomes, removing and inserting genetic material. Apparently the Nobel Prize committee agreed. James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA rated her discovery the most significant after his own. It just may be that her work as a biochemist is as game-changing for humanity as any of the efforts of these others. And Jennifer Doudna? Why has Walter Isaacson chosen to include her among the seminal figures who have been the objects of his books. Henry Kissinger, Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci. Summary: The story of the 2020 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Jennifer Doudna, and the discovery of ways to use CRISPR enzymes to edit genomes, and her subsequent efforts to establish ethical standards for the use of this breakthrough discovery.īenjamin Franklin. Other literary works currently in development at Mark Gordon Pictures include Stephen McGinty’s The Dive Calla Henkel’s debut novel, Other People’s Clothes Norman Mailer’s American spy epic Harlot’s Ghost, and Anthony Quinn’s Curtain Call from Academy Award-nominated scribe Patrick Marber starring Colin Firth and Gemma Arterton.The Code Breaker, Walter Isaacson. He is repped by Amanda Urban & Ron Bernstein at ICM Partners. He is also the co-author of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made. He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci Steve Jobs Einstein: His Life and Universe Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Kissinger: A Biography.
Isaacson is a University Professor of History at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chairman of CNN, and editor of Time magazine. It’s a thrilling detective tale about discovering the wonders of nature and inventing tools that can make us healthier and protect us from pandemics. Said Issacson: “I am delighted that Mark and Beth are going to make this exciting and inspiring story.
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