Sidney Altman
Canadian-American molecular biologist (1939–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sidney Altman (May 7, 1939 – April 5, 2022) was a Canadian-American[1] molecular biologist, who was the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for their work on the catalytic properties of RNA.
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Sidney Altman | |
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Born | (1939-05-07)May 7, 1939 |
Died | April 5, 2022(2022-04-05) (aged 82) Rockleigh, New Jersey, U.S. |
Nationality | Canadian, American (since 1984) |
Alma mater | MIT, University of Colorado at Boulder, Columbia University, Arizona State University |
Known for | Ribozymes |
Spouse |
Ann Korner
(m. 1972; div. 2018) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2016) Rosenstiel Award (1988) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Molecular biology |
Institutions | Yale University Cambridge University Harvard University MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology |
Thesis | Bacteriophage T4 DNA replication in the absence and presence of 9-aminoacrine (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Leonard Lerman |
Doctoral students | Benjamin C. Stark, Robin Reed |
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