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Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (6) |
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complete name: |
Werner Arber |
nobel prize: |
medicine |
award year: |
1978 |
together with: |
Hamilton Smith |
together with: |
Daniel Nathans |
prize share: |
Prize share: 1/3 |
rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978 was awarded jointly to Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans and Hamilton O. Smith "for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics." |
biography: |
Biography |
laureate facts: |
Facts |
laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
given name: |
Werner |
family name: |
Arber |
occupation: |
physician |
occupation: |
biologist |
occupation: |
university teacher |
occupation: |
geneticist |
field of work: |
microbiology |
work location: |
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America |
description: |
Werner 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. |
image copyright: |
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. |
image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1978/summary/> |
date birth: |
1929 |
usual name: |
Werner Arber |