Ellen Jorgensen
Biotech Entrepreneur | Democratizing Biotechnology
About
Ellen Jorgensen is at the forefront of the do-it-yourself biotechnology movement, empowering the public to explore scientific frontiers. As co-founder of Genspace, the world's first community biolab, she has brought hands-on biology education to over 30,000 students.
Jorgensen's TED talks have reached millions, inspiring audiences to see science as a tool for personal discovery and positive change. Her keynotes demonstrate how emerging technologies can make the life sciences more accessible, ushering in a new era of grassroots innovation and sustainable problem-solving.
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What you need to know about CRISPR
Should we bring back the wooly mammoth? Or edit a human embryo? Or wipe out an entire species that we consider harmful? The genome-editing technology CRISPR has made extraordinary questions like these legitimate -- but how does it work? Scientist and community lab advocate Ellen Jorgensen is on a mission to explain the myths and realities of CRISPR, hype-free, to the non-scientists among us.
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