Watch Jennifer Doudna and Siddhartha Mukherjee Discuss the Future of Humanity

In honor of UC Berkeley’s 150th Anniversary year, the Innovative Genomics Institute organized a free lecture. Berkeley biochemist and IGI executive director Jennifer Doudna sat down with oncologist Sid Mukherjee to discuss unprecedented advancements in gene editing and the effect new technologies will have on the future of humanity.

Watch the full conversation below and join the global discussion surrounding emerging emerging medical technologies and the profound questions they inspire.

Dr. Mukherjee is a celebrated physician and researcher. His book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 2011, was named one of the 100 most influential books written in English since 1923 by TIME magazine, and was listed as one of the 100 notable books of 2010 by The New York Times Magazine.

Dr. Doudna, author of A Crack in Creation, pioneered the development of the CRISPR-Cas9 genetic editing tool.