We are very proud to announce that prof. Jennifer Doudna will give the KNAW Heineken Lecture ‘The structural biology and applications of the CRISPR-CAS technology‘ at Utrecht University on September 28.

This year, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) awarded the 2016 Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics (a sum of USD 200,000) to Jennifer Doudna, Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of California in Berkeley (United States). Jennifer Doudna will receive the Heineken Prize for her pioneering research into the structure and functioning of RNA molecules and RNA protein complexes.

Jennifer Doudna is visiting Utrecht on invitation by prof. Albert Heck and the lecture will be in the Theatron room in the Educatorium of Utrecht University on September 28 at 16.00h.  Registration is appreciated: http://bit.ly/heinekenlecturedoudna.

Also on behalf of Albert Heck, we hope to see many of you at this exiting lecture!