Jennifer Doudna — her name predicts her fate – do u DNA?! — won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and is the subject of a Walter Isaakson book for developing or advancing CRISPR-CAS9 that uses stem cells to move very close to a cure for sickle cell anemia, in Berkeley— and my high school classmate Matt Porteus has a similar lab at Stanford, compared to John Witte’s dry lab in SF, and — not our classmate but her child is a cellist Belan at Dartmouth— who I met accidentally while trying to reach athletic director. I admit I only read Isaaksons book on Duodna enough to ascertain if Porteus is mentioned. 
But the post is actually about Diunna, Diunna Greenleaf a blues singer — and songwriter— from Houston who tours internationally, sang with the Muddy Waters tribute band for years and recently visited the South Bay /408/650 to record with Kid Andersen and Jimmy Pugh. I think this cd, set for release on Pugh’s Village Music Foundation non-profit label, will make Diunna one of the all time greats. Besides the pop up nooner she did earlier this month, there is a chance she and Kid will come by the Mitch in November, nearby again finishing touches that album. 
Or in 2021. Or die trying. 

The photo s are: nice lady selling ethical sourced coffee beans at Uniff, a scrumptious braised beef breakfast enchilada yesterday down town, Duffy my dog, jazz pianist Reggie Austin at Uniff, lawyer Cynthia Chandler a future genius grant winner in social justice whose father was a chemist, at Berkeley; with Jasmina Bojic. Chris Strausser of the Colts.

also: Eric Hansen mentioned that he has booked Menlo Park’s Tuck and Patti since the retirement of Paul Goldman and sends me on a scouting mission to see the facade of an East Bay venue that may also host the duo.

and: more Remi Wolf:

Nearly 7,000 reviews, overwhelmingly positive for the book on Dr. Jennifer Doudna: