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Werner Arber
born 1929
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryWerner Arber is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases. Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 3, 1929
Gränichen
Citizenship
Switzerland
Occupations & fields
geneticistphysicianuniversity teacherNobel Prize winnermicrobiologist
Awards & honours
Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific MeritFellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesEMBO MembershipNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicinehonorary doctor of Louis Pasteur Universityhonorary doctorate of the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
- Field and occupation
- biológ z Švajčiarsko
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