Markita del Carpio Landry, PhD, 2024 Blavatnik National Awards Laureate in Chemical Sciences

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Prof. Markita del Carpio Landry from the University of California, Berkeley is a chemical engineer pioneering nanoscale chemical tools to address disparate challenges in human health and sustainability. Landry has applied new nanobiotechnology towards a wide range of tasks, from measuring the transfer of chemicals between synapses in the brain to bioengineering plant genetics. Landry’s strategies for applying nanobiotechnology tools are already paving the way for more resilient crops and new treatments for neurological disease ranging from neurodegeneration to autism spectrum disorders.
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