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张锋
张锋
张锋1981年10月22日出生于中国河北省石家庄，他的父母都是电脑工程师。他的爸爸叫张国强，妈妈叫周淑君。1993年张锋跟他的母亲移民到美国爱荷华 (Iowa)。张锋爸爸先在中国待了几年，然后移民到美国跟张锋和他妈妈团聚 (reunite)。
Zhang Feng was born on October 22, 1981, in Shijiazhuang City in Hebei, China. His parents were both computer engineers. In 1993, Zhang and his mother immigrated to Iowa. His father stayed in China for several years and then joined Zhang and his mother.
张锋在读高中的时候，一个老师看到他对生物很感兴趣，就让他在当地的人类基因治疗研究机构 (Gene Therapy Research Institute) 做义工。从此，张锋每天放学后都会到实验室 (laboratory) 学习研究分子生物。在十一年级的时候，张锋参加英特尔科学人才搜寻比赛 (Intel Science Talent Search Competition)，做了一个基因的项目，获得了全国第三名和五万美元奖金。
When Zhang was in high school, a teacher asked him to volunteer at a local gene therapy lab. Zhang agreed, and after that, he went to the lab every day after school to learn about molecular biology. He did a genetics project for a Intel Science Talent Search Competition in his junior year and got a scholarship and third place nationally, which made him hyped about genetics and diseases.
张锋在斯坦福大学拿到化学及生物博士后，从事基因修饰 (genetic modification)研究工作，为人类发展和使用CRISPR-Cas9，作出了巨大贡献。因为用CRISPR改基因非常快速和容易，张锋获得了许多著名的奖，可以说他是世界上最有影响的生物科学家。他现在麻省理工学院 (MIT) 做教授 (professor)， 从事神经系统功能和疾病研究工作。他目前是MIT博德研究所 (Broad Institute) 的一位重要职员 (staff) 。
Zhang received his PhD in Chemistry and Biology from Stanford, and then actively engaged in genetic modification work. He developed CRISPR-Cas9 for quickly, easily and efficiency altering genes, and received many awards for it, and is arguably the most influential biologist alive. He is currently an assistant professor at MIT and one of Broad Institute's core faculty. He is exploring the nervous system and doing disease research with CRISPR.
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