Biography: Sriram Kosuri

Dr. Kosuri is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA. His laboratory develops new technologies in DNA synthesis, sequencing, and genome engineering and applies them to both study and engineer biology. At UCLA, he is a member of the UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, the Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biology, the Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, the Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Molecular Biology Institute. He was awarded the NIH Director's New Innovator Award in 2014, and was named a Searle Scholar in 2015.