Luciano Marraffini | |
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Born | Luciano Angel Marraffini July 17, 1974 Rosario, Argentina |
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Known for | CRISPR |
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Institutions | The Rockefeller University |
Thesis | Sortases, transpeptidases that anchor proteins to the envelope of Gram-positive bacteria (2007) |
Academic advisors | Olaf Schneewind |
Website | marraffini.rockefeller.edu |
Luciano Marraffini (born July 17, 1974) is an Argentinian-American microbiologist. He is currently professor and head of the laboratory of bacteriology at The Rockefeller University.[1] He is recognized for his work on CRISPR-Cas systems, being one of the first scientists to elucidate how these systems work at the molecular level.