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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physiology or Medicine (216) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1960s (79) 1968 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1927 (14) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Northeastern states (100) New York (67) New York City (56) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2010s (99) 2010 (6) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) New York (38) New York City (24) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) M (50) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) N (23) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Judaism (160) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 40 - 49 (140) 42 (6) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Asia (244) Middle East (197) Israel (197) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Middle Atlantic states (178) Maryland (46) University of Maryland (9) College Park (9) University of Maryland, College Park (9) Long-term academic staff (2) Midwestern states (201) Michigan (25) Ann Arbor (25) University of Michigan (25) Alumni (8) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) American Philosophical Society (126) E-P (571) E (61) European Academy of Sciences and Arts (9) G (195) German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (179) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) P (109) Pontifical Academy of Sciences (83) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) E-F (439) F (394) Franklin Medal (45) G-H (389) G (254) Gairdner Foundation International Award (89) Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (14) K-L (297) L (183) Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (50) M-N (333) N (205) NAS Award in Molecular Biology (14) National Medal of Science (101) O-P (364) P (242) Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (8) complete name: Marshall Warren Nirenberg nobel prize: medicine award year: 1968 together with: Har Gobind Khorana together with: Robert W. Holley prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968 was awarded jointly to Robert W. Holley, Har Gobind Khorana and Marshall W. Nirenberg "for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Marshall family name: Nirenberg occupation: chemist occupation: geneticist field of work: biochemistry field of work: genetics work location: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States of America description: Marshall Warren Nirenberg was an American biochemist and geneticist. He shared a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 with Har Gobind Khorana and Robert W. Holley for "breaking the genetic code" and describing how it operates in protein synthesis. In the same year, together with Har Gobind Khorana, he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1968/summary/> date birth: 1927 date death: 2010 usual name: Marshall Nirenberg
