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Kary Mullis
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complete name:

Kary Mullis

nobel prize:

chemistry

award year:

1993

together with:

Michael Smith

prize share:

Prize share: 1/2

rational:

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993 was divided equally between Kary B. Mullis "for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method" and Michael Smith "for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies."

biography:

Biography

laureate facts:

Facts

laureate lecture:

Lecture

given name:

Kary

family name:

Mullis

occupation:

chemist

occupation:

biochemist

occupation:

molecular biologist

field of work:

biochemistry

field of work:

molecular biology

description:

Kary Mullis is a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist, author, and lecturer. In recognition of his improvement of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, he shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Michael Smith and earned the Japan Prize in the same year. The process was first described by Kjell Kleppe and 1968 Nobel laureate H. Gobind Khorana, and allows the amplification of specific DNA sequences. The improvements made by Mullis allowed PCR to become a central technique in biochemistry and molecular biology, described by The New York Times as "highly original and significant, virtually dividing biology into the two epochs of before P.C.R. and after P.C.R." He has defended AIDS denialism, and climate change denial. He is also known for his unorthodox views on social sciences and astrology. All of these stances drew him criticism from The New York Times.

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image citation:

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1993/summary/>

date birth:

1944

usual name:

Kary Mullis