Feb 03 2023 60 mins
Today we are talking to Rodolphe Barrangou. Rodolphe is the Todd R Klaenhammer Distinguished Professor at NC State University. He is a scientist entrepreneur who has co-founded a multitude of biotech companies around CRISPR based approaches including CRISPR Biotechnologies, Ancilia Biosciences, TreeCo and Intellia Therapeutics. He is one of the pioneers in CRISPR-Cas9 dating back to his time as R&D director of genomics at DuPont. In 2007 Rodolphe was the lead author on a Science paper demonstrating proof of the immune function of CRISPR in bacteria.