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Cameron Myhrvold, PhD

2011 HERTZ FELLOW

Postdoctoral Fellow, Broad Institute

MAKING HISTORY

Cameron Myhrvold is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University.

His work specializes in the development of CRISPR-based technologies for studying RNA, with an emphasis on detecting and destroying RNA viruses. He received a PhD in Systems Biology from Harvard in 2016. His PhD studies in synthetic biology and nucleic acid nanotechnology, supported by a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation fellowship, involved the development of three technologies that demonstrated a variety of applications for self-assembled nanostructures. During his postdoc, he turned his attention towards the RNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein Cas13, where he has led or co-led the development of four Cas13-based technologies, including CARMEN, CARVER, and SHINE.

EDUCATION

Graduate Studies
Harvard University
Systems Biology

Graduate Thesis
Synthetic Organization in Vitro and in Vivo

Undergraduate Studies
Princeton University

SELECTED AWARDS

2018, Forbes “30 Under 30: Science”, Forbes
2020, Wunderkind Award, STAT Magazine
2025, Emerging Investigator Award, Northeast Bioengineering Conference

 

 

IMPACT STORY

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