Samuel H. Sternberg
CRISPR biochemist and author
Samuel H. Sternberg is an American biochemist who researches CRISPR gene editing at Columbia University. He is the author of A Crack in Creation.
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Born in Lancaster, United States
About Samuel H. Sternberg
Sternberg is a protein-RNA biochemist who runs a research laboratory at Columbia University, in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. He is also an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His work looks at how CRISPR-Cas systems function at the molecular level and at building tools for genome engineering. He has given public lectures and appeared in the media to discuss the ethical and societal questions raised by genome editing. He lives in New York City. His book in our catalog is A Crack in Creation.